MADRID: View of the Plaza Mayor. 'Gde. Place de Madrid'. Carriage. MALLET, 1683

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'G(ran)de Place de Madrid'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Allain Manesson Mallet. Provenance: "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne: Les Plans & les Profils des principales Villes & des autres lieux considerables de la Terre; avec les portraits de Souverains qui y commandent, leurs Blasons, Titres & Livrees: Et les Moeurs, Religions, Gouvernements & divers habillemens de chaque Nation", dedie'e au Roy, par Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques, MDCLXXXIII [First edition, Paris, 1683]. Type: Original 17th century copperplate print. The origins of the Plaza go back to 1576 when Philip II asked Juan de Herrera, a renowned Classical architect, to remodel the Plaza del Arrabal. Construction did not start until 1617, during Philip III's reign. The king asked Juan Gómez de Mora to continue with the project, and he finished the porticoes in 1619. Today's Plaza Mayor is the work of the architect Juan de Villanueva who reconstructed it in 1790 after a series of fires. Giambologna's equestrian statue of Philip III dates to 1616, but it was not placed in the centre of the square until 1848.

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Size: 1455px × 2361px
Location: Spain
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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