An attractive bird’s eye view of Kalwarya Zebrzydowska, south east of Krakow in Poland. This place of pilgrimage was built to allow people an alternative to Jerusalem which was lost to the Turks at the time. It is a major tourist site to this day and is near the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. The ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’ was compiled by George Braun (1541-1622) the Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun produced a total of over 500 city views and maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617. Most of the engraving was the work of Simon Novellanus and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590), many after drawings by George Hoefnagel. It was first published in the very rare sixth volume in 1617 with Latin text, this example is from the German text edition of 1618. Koeman II B & H 6 no. 45; Fauser 6346.