A 16th century map-view of Damascus
Damascus, urbs nobilissima ad Libanum montem, Totius Syriae Metropolis.
Cologne, c.1575, Latin text edition. Old colour. 320 x 355mm.
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An early plan of Damascus, depicted as a bird's-eye view, with the important building shown in profile. In the foreground are two figures in turbans and a man leading a camel.
It was published in the second volume of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first systematic series of town plans.






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