. The earth and its inhabitants .. . JUl'JUt O-a-iSOft. JSM-iJMOft, 6iUV-!JS43/l. The Map is shaded to express the height above the Sea-level. placed at the points where the Pusterthal joins the road over the Brenner. This important strategical position is defended by the Franzensfeste and other works.* Topography. Styria.—The sites upon which important towns have been founded in the Alpine regions are clearly marked out by nature. The largest city would naturally arise beyond the most elevated mountain masses, in a plain affording scope for the cultivation of the soil, and on one of the great
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . JUl'JUt O-a-iSOft. JSM-iJMOft, 6iUV-!JS43/l. The Map is shaded to express the height above the Sea-level. placed at the points where the Pusterthal joins the road over the Brenner. This important strategical position is defended by the Franzensfeste and other works.* Topography. Styria.—The sites upon which important towns have been founded in the Alpine regions are clearly marked out by nature. The largest city would naturally arise beyond the most elevated mountain masses, in a plain affording scope for the cultivation of the soil, and on one of the great high-roads radiating from the capital of the empire. Gmts (Hradec, 80,732 inhabitants), the capital of Styria, and * Height of passes in the Austrian Alps (in feet) :— Carriage roads :-^ielvïo, 9,154; Malser Heide, 4,973; Arlberg, 5,896; Eadstadter Tauern, 5,700 Rottenmann Tauern, 4,004 ; Pontebba, 2,600. Eailroads :—Brenner, 4,421; Senimering, 3,260; Toblach Field, in the Pusterthal, 3,952.
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