{"product_id":"tunisi-e-la-goletta-assediate-nel-1574","title":"Tunis and La Goletta besieged in 1574","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Turkish galleys below fire upon La Goletta, the Spanish fortress guarding the channel of Tunis: it is the siege of the summer of 1574, and the print was published in Cologne the following year.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, with a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn command of the fleet, together with Sinan Pasha, was a Calabrian: Giovanni Dionigi Galeni, born in Le Castella, captured by corsairs and forced to row, later a great admiral of the sultan under the name of Uluç Alì, known to the Italians as Occhialì. La Goletta, in Spanish hands since 1535, fell at the end of August; the new fort in front of Tunis surrendered in September. Cervantes included that summer in \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e: to recall it is a Christian prisoner forced to row, who also names the small fort in the middle of the lagoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe view is in the second volume of the \u003cem\u003eCivitates orbis terrarum\u003c\/em\u003e by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, engraved on copper. In the background is Tunis, below the city the star-shaped new fort, then the great lagoon; to the right, the tents of the Turks and the ruins of ancient Carthage. In the lower right, an inscription in Latin verse encourages Philip II and concludes with advice: make peace with the Belgians, that is, with the rebelling Netherlands, to have an ally against the Turks. The reproduced copy belongs to the David Rumsey Map Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a desk or in a library, it is a gift for anyone who has been to Tunis or for anyone who has loved \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e. And the galleys are still firing, while La Goletta holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 40 x 60 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 42 x 62 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: work printed on the finest paper with deckle edges, handmade Amalfi paper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55584697286997,"sku":"YSZKHQHXC5TJY","price":240.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/tunisi-e-la-goletta-assediate-nel-1574-principale.jpg?v=1793360881","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/tunisi-e-la-goletta-assediate-nel-1574","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}