Rare Old Map of Paris, France by Matthaus Merian in 1648 - Notre Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, Hospital St Louis, Bastille venecian watermills

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Rare Old Map of Paris, France by Matthaus Merian in 1648 - Notre Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, Hospital St Louis, Bastille venecian watermillsA wonderfully colourful, interesting and ancient birds eye map of Paris, published by Matthaus Merian in 1648. This is one of the oldest detailed maps of Paris. The viewpoint of this map is modern day Parc des Buttes Chaumont in the northeast of central Paris, looking southwest across the oldest parts of central Paris. In the foreground is the massive Hospital Saint Louis, which back then was surrounded by fields. Well, most of Paris was still fields