Brussels

Maps on our site:

• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-14
  
  
• 1708, J.B.Gramaye, Antiquitates illustrissimi ducatus Brabantiae

Find more maps:

• Brussels town scape 1650-1700
  on the site of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
  
  
• The city of Brussels
  from Kyoto University Library
  
  
  
• From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana:
  
  
  View of Brussels Coronelli, Vincenzo
  
  Brussels & vicinity Coronelli, Vincenzo
  
  Brussels Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  
  Brussels Fer, Nicolas de ,1696
  
  

Located on important trade route by 6th cen.; was flourishing commercial center specializing in woolens in Middle Ages; merchant aristocracy was forced to share power with craftsmen after revolt in 1421; ruled by Duke of Burgundy then Holy Roman Empire.

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