Carte des environs de Paris (1785) Completed prior to the French Revolution, this map shows the city limits of "Old Paris" as well as key features that would become encircled by Napoleon III in the next century. Look to the west of Paris to see the Bois de Boulogne that Baron Haussmann would expand and improve to create a public park for the capital akin to London's Hyde Park, which he greatly admired. At the bottom left corner, the town of Chartres boasts a cathedral that is the best example of medieval gothic architecture in Europe to this day. / Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.
