1581braun hogenberg II 21 b (cropped7)
Summary
View of the city of Maastricht, the Netherlands, around 1570. Detail of the panorama by Simon de Bellomonte, c. 1570, published in 1575 in Part 2 of Braun & Hogenberg's atlas of world cities Civitates orbis terrarum. Here the Isle of Saint Anthony ("Sint-Antoniuseiland") in the river Meuse. Foreground on the left: the parish church and northern city gate of Wyck ("Sint-Maartenskerk" & "Sint-Maartenspoort").
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Date
1581
Source
Jenniskens, Nieuwen Biesen in Alden Biesen. 5 Eeuwen Duitse Orde in Maastricht (1989), p.56
Copyright info
public domain