Leuven

Maps on our site:

• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-18
  
  
• 1581, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map III-11
  
  
• 1708, J.B.Gramaye, Antiquitates illustrissimi ducatus Brabantiae

Find more maps:

• The city of Leuven
  from Kyoto University Library
  
  
• Leuven Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana
  
  

Located on Dyle river; fortress here was built by German emperor to halt advancing Normans; was residence of counts of Louvain (11th cen.) & of Brabant (from 1190); was one of largest cities in Europe in 14th cen., declined after citizens' revolt in 1379.

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