«By evening we arrived in Rovereto, called Roboretum in Latin. This city, which, for its protection, has solely the houses’ walls, lies at the foot of the mountains, over the river Adige. We crossed this river on a stone bridge, for whose defense two large and strong towers were built, plenty of slits; these towers are guarded, in turn, by a castle that stands above a hill, dominating not only the bridge but also the whole city.»
J. De Blainville, February 8th, 1707
Verso sera arrivammo a Rovereto, detta in latino Roboretum. Questa città, che, per sua protezione, ha unicamente i muri delle case, giace ai piedi delle montagne, sul fiume Adige. Noi superammo questo fiume su di un ponte di pietra, a difesa del quale sono state costruite due grosse e forti torri, piene di feritoie; queste torri vengono sorvegliate, a loro volto, da un castello che sta sopra un’altura, e che domina non solo il ponte ma anche l’intera città.
J. De Blainville, 8 febbraio 1707
«By evening we arrived in Rovereto, called Roboretum in Latin. This city, which, for its protection, has solely the houses’ walls, lies at the foot of the mountains, over the river Adige. We crossed this river on a stone bridge, for whose defense two large and strong towers were built, plenty of slits; these towers are guarded, in turn, by a castle that stands above a hill, dominating not only the bridge but also the whole city.»
J. De Blainville, February 8th, 1707
