Description: SyrieModerne_02 1848 print TARTUS, SYRIA (#2) Print from steel engraving titled Tortose (Tartous), published in a volume of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris, approx. page size 21.5 x 13.5 cm, approx. image size 17 x 8 cm, nice hand coloring. Tartus, also spelled Tartous, town, western Syria, situated on the Mediterranean coast opposite Arwad Island. It was founded in antiquity as Antaradus, a colony of Aradus (now Arwad Island). It was rebuilt in AD 346 by Emperor Constantine I and flourished during Roman and Byzantine times. Crusaders occupied Tartus, then known as Tortosa, in the European Middle Ages, converting it into a fortress-town and successfully defending it against devastating attacks in the 12th century; they were driven out by the Arabs in 1291. From the beginning of the Ottoman conquest, the town declined in importance until its port was rejuvenated in the 20th century. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa, now the town's museum, is a perfect example of 13th-century crusader architecture. The Castle of the Templars (late 12th to early 13th century), now mostly in ruins, can be seen in the older part of Tartus. Syria's second port (after Latakia), Tartus is also a fishing port and the centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop. (1985 est.) 64,680.
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Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Print Type: Engraving
Style: Realism
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Print Surface: Paper
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
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