Gouwernemet de Lamont

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Article ID EUF1628

Title

Gouwernemet de Lamont

Description

Map shows region around Lamont. The village is located in the southern foothills of the Vosges mountains, in an island of woodland in the hills between the Bois de Granges and the Chérimont.

Year

ca. 1680

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

Franche-Comté, the Free County of Burgundy, is a historical province in eastern France and was an administrative region of the Fifth French Republic from 1960 to 2015. n the early historical period, Franche-Comté was settled by the Sequans tribe. Their capital Vesontio was located on the site of modern-day Besançon. Barbarossa separated the region from the rest of Burgundy in 1169 and elevated it to a county palatine. The French name for the free county was la Franche-Comté. The area was of enormous economic importance to the Confederates, as most salt and metal imports came from there - especially from Salins-les-Bains - and salt was also essential for cheese production. Louis XIV occupied the Free County militarily during the War of Devolution in 1668 and the Dutch War in 1674. In the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678, Spain had to cede the Free County to France. Until 1790 (French Revolution), Franche-Comté was one of the historical provinces of France. The area around Belfort is not historically part of Franche-Comté, but used to belong to Alsace. The Franche-Comté region was created with the establishment of the regions in 1960.

Place of Publication Paris
Dimensions (cm)10,70 x 15,40
ConditionVery good
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueCopper print

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