Orléans

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• 1575, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map II-10

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• From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana:
  
  Orléans, Georg Braun, Frans Hogenberg 1616?
  Orléans, Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  Orléans townscpae, Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  
  

Conquered by Julius Caesar 52 BC; most important city in France after Paris 10th & 11th cen.; center of royal duchy established by Philip VI 1344; besieged by English & relieved by Joan of Arc 1429; Protestant center 16th cen.; occupied by Prussians 1870.

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