Cities of the World

LEEVWAERDEN.

A hand-colored bird's-eye view map of the city of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, as it appeared in 1580. The city is depicted within its defensive fortifications and moats, showing a dense arrangement of buildings, churches, and interior canals. In the lower foreground, four figures are dressed in contemporary 16th-century attire: two men on the left in capes and hats, and a man and a woman on the right in long formal robes. An ornate architectural cartouche is located in the upper left quadrant.

LEWARDUM Leeuwarden,
Town of Western
Frisia, 1580.
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