Cambrai, France Vintage City Map Poster — Antique City Map Satin Print (300gsm)

This richly hand-colored engraved view depicts Cambray—modern-day Cambrai in northern France—as a heavily fortified early modern city. Dated 1596 at the bottom, the map presents the city from an elevated, bird’s-eye perspective, allowing the viewer to see both its defensive works and its internal street plan.

Cambrai is enclosed by massive walls, angular bastions, gates, moats, and projecting fortifications. The prominent citadel, labeled La Citadelle, occupies the eastern side, while roads radiate outward through the surrounding cultivated countryside. Within the walls, tightly packed houses with red roofs line an irregular network of streets and open squares. Numerous churches, towers, civic buildings, gardens, and religious complexes are individually rendered and keyed to a decorative legend in the lower-left corner.

An elaborate cartouche bearing the title “CAMBRAY” crowns the composition, flanked by ornamental figures and scrollwork. Heraldic arms appear in the upper corners, emphasizing the city’s political and regional importance. The soft greens, ochres, reds, and blues enhance the engraved detail while preserving the appearance of an antique manuscript map.

This satin poster brings an old-world city map into your home with archival-quality detail and a soft low-glare finish. Printed on professional 300gsm museum-grade satin paper with pigment inks, the streets, fortifications, and decorative cartouches remain rich and crisp — like a rescued page from a cartographer’s folio. Hang it framed or with discreet tape or tacks to turn a study wall, hallway, or living room into a space that feels quietly storied and lived-in. Best kept indoors where the satin surface and pigments can age gracefully over time.

Product features
- 300gsm museum-grade satin paper — archival and durable
- Pigment inks for bright, long-lasting color
- Low-glare satin finish for clear, detailed viewing
- Easy to hang: frame, double-sided tape, or tacks (indoor use only)

Care instructions
- If the poster does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth.

EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY

Product information: Generic brand, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Care instructions: If the poster does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth.