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The author Georges Braun published in Cologne in 1572 a
work titled Civitates orbis terranum.
It is in this work that the map of Paris known as
the Plan de Braun (Map by Braun) is found.
This map was etched on a copper plate.
The finesse
and precision of the engraving gives it a documentary
as well as an esthetic value which is superior.
The map measures 48 by 33 cm. It has a very exact
view of the Paris as it was in the late 1520s. Notably
figuring in this map is the large tower of the
Louvre
which François 1st ordered demolished
in 1529. In the upper left of the map a cartouche topped
with the coat of arms of Paris encloses inscriptions
(Lutetia, vulgari nomine Paris...);
in the lower left, three small personnages are dressed
in costume of the day.
The Plan de Braun is oriented more or less as nearly
all of the old maps of Paris; west at the bottom.
This system allows for straight on views of the front
of most of the churches.
The field of view of the map is roughly from
Le Gibet de Montfaucon, Saint Lazare and the lower
part of Montmartre, in the North (ie the
left side of the map); Les Cordelières
and the rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs in the
south; the
Bastille in the east,
and finally in the west, the Tuileries.
Notre Dame is
easily found on Ile de la Cité.
