À VAREA, LASOR: PULA

Italian cartographer Raffaello Savonarola, also known as Lasor a Varea, is best known for his work Universus Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum Calamo Delienatus from 1713. This view of Pula is on page 358 of that review of all known geography in the 18th century. This is recorded in the numeration and in the title of the atlas above the upper edge of the view. Richly coloured flower garlands are on the left and the right side of the map, while parts of the book's text in Latin are below and above the map. The view of the town shown in the semi-perspective seen from the sea is schematized, especially houses, although city walls are particularly prominent in the way they can be seen in the 16th century views. Savonarola tended to use Italian copper engravings by Valegio, Forlani, Zenoi or Bertelli from the 16th and 17th centuries for reproduction of what he had more than just data but also the way of geographic expression. The author used data and the engraving by Martin Rota for a large number of Adriatic views. He used his templates because Martin Rota was well-versed in local geography. In addition to the ancient remains, one can see in the background the city's fortification in the west, the defence tower on the hills in the hinterland of Pula, as well as a viewpoint with a tower on the peninsula of Muzila in front of the city harbour. It was a fortification and a militarized zone from ancient times until the 20th century. The title cartouche resembling drapery is in the top left corner of the view. The view is extremely similar to Coronelli's work with the same title from 1600.