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Panorama of Legnica Liginicium, c. 1580, before 1592

Author unknown

Copper Museum

Copper Museum
Legnica, Poland

Panorama of Legnica from the north-west. The city is surrounded by defensive walls, embankments and a moat. From the left are visible: buildings of the castle complex with the Lubin Tower, the Tower of St. Peter, the palas, the tower of St. Jadwiga and the chapel of St. Benedict and St. Lawrence, then the Church of St. Cross, the Church of the Virgin Mary with two towers of different height and form, further the Gothic Church of St. John, the gothic town hall, the church of St. Peter and Paul with a tower topped with a Gothic cupola, towers and gates: Chojnowska and Złotoryjska, guarding the entrance to the city from the west. In the foreground there are two men and two women in period costumes.
The word LIGINICIVM in a rectangular cartouche at the bottom right. In the background of the sky, the coat of arms of the Legnica-Brzeg Duchy with labras and a jewel is in the center.

Details

  • Title: Panorama of Legnica Liginicium, c. 1580, before 1592
  • Creator: Author unknown
  • Type: Copper engraving with etching, colored, paper glued to cardboard

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