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Parys, wie solche 1620, im Wessen gelanden (1620) Westward facing 1620 panoramic engraving details Paris during the reign King Louis XIII (1601-1610-1643) You can clearly see the cathedral of Nôtre Dame on Île de la Cité as well as windmills in the areas of Belleville and Montmartre to the north of the city (left side of the map). In the foreground, the Palais du Louvre sits centered with one side of its galleries completed along the river Seine. This wing of the palace leads to the now demolished Tuileries Palace that used to overlook the gardens depicted at the bottom of the map. Originally published in Frankfurt, this edition hails from the first Dutch language publication of French geography in the 1660s. / Image: David Rumsey Collection © 2000 by Cartography Associates
Huitième plan de Paris divisé en ses vingts quartiers (1705) The French King Louis XIV had long had abandoned Paris as the traditional home of the monarch in favor of his father's hunting lodge a day's ride from the capital. This 1705 map of Paris is the last of a multi-volume publication Traité de la police (1707-1738) written by Paris Police Commissioner Nicolas de la Mare (1639-1723) where he also catalogued new police methods used to quell riots in the city. Even though historians have noted inaccuracies within the maps created for Traité de la police, this eight-map series shows the growth of Paris from the Roman era. / Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Created during the reign of Emperor Napoleon I, this 1811 map crisply details "Old Paris" before the Emperor's nephew, Napoleon III would alter the landscape of city into the modern capital we know today. The Louvre north gallery is not completed yet and Île de La Cité remains crowded, especially in front of Cathedral of Nôtre Dame. / Courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.
Plan routier de la ville de Paris et des ses faubourgs (1823) Under the French Restoration (1814-1830), note the increase in size of the Halle aux Vins in 5th arrondiesment, just north of the Jardin du Roi which is now known as the Jardin des Plantes. / Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
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