Roman Bridge at Ronda, Spain

 

Tavik Frantisek Simon

  1877 - 1942 (biography)

1913  

etching 

13 5/16 x 9 7/16" platemark 

pencil, lower right; initialled within plate, center left; red initial seal, lower left. 

49 from an edition of 150 

pencil editioned; titled and dated "Ronda 1913" in plate, left center 

Novak 206 

antique-white wove 

published 

artist 

18906 

$400.00 

Ronda is located in a mountainous Andelusian area of Spain in the Province of Malaga. The Guadalevin River runs through the city, dividing it in two and carving out the steep, 100 meter deep El Tajo Canyon upon which the city perches. Ronda was founded by the Celts in the 6th century BC. and later used as a fortified fortress by the Romans during the reign of Julius Caesar. The city was part of the Visigoth reign until 713, when it fell to the Arabs, who named it Izn-Rand Onda (city of the castle) and made it the capital of the Takurunna province. In the 15th century Ronda fell to Spain. The Punta Romano (also known as the Puente San Miguel) is the oldest of three bridges that span the canyon.