Ireland Cork (Ireland) around 1600

361 Upvotes

Author: Don Carey. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a higher-resolution version of the picture. Source here and here

5 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 1d ago

England Several illustrations of London (England) in the early 17th century

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662 Upvotes

Author: John Shelley. Source of the pictures here

14 comments

r/papertowns • u/jens_biltoft • 1d ago

Fictional Year 1750 in my fantasy city finally complete ✒️- pulled myself together and finished it. Inspired by 18th century Copenhagen, Denmark with elements from different cities around the baltic. The latest century I have completed in my series of following a city through a 1000 years ☺️✒️

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354 Upvotes

10 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 1d ago

Poland Model of c. 7th-8th century Golensizi tribe stronghold in Lubomia, Poland.

238 Upvotes

1 comment

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 2d ago

England Stourport (England) around 1809

264 Upvotes

Author: Peter Dunn. Source

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/works-in-progress • 2d ago

United Kingdom A 1572 map of London, United Kingdom, shows how premodern suburbs grew along the main roads outside the city gates. Across the river in Southwark, two round arenas are visible.

161 Upvotes

9 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 2d ago

Poland Model of Praga District of Warsaw, Poland in the late 18th century.

206 Upvotes

2 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 3d ago

England London (England) as it might have looked if Christopher Wren’s plan after the Great Fire of 1666 had been realized.

534 Upvotes

Author: Paul Draper. Source

20 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 4d ago

Italy Reconstruction of Buonconvento (Italy) around 1400

716 Upvotes

Author: Inklink -Firenze. Source

13 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 5d ago

Italy San Gimignano (Italy) around 1300

1.1k Upvotes

Author: Inklink -Firenze. Source

20 comments

r/papertowns • u/MCMIVC • 5d ago

Norway Hamar, Norway - 1300s, before its destruction by swedish forces in the late 1500s.

244 Upvotes

12 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 7d ago

Switzerland Evolution of Augusta Raurica (Switzerland) between 30 BC and 650 AD

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600 Upvotes

Author: Markus Schaub.

18 comments

r/papertowns • u/Altruistic_Praline84 • 7d ago

Fictional Rotbuchen - unofficial & fictional City Map for WFRP

41 Upvotes

Im somehow not able to add the "Fictional" flair

0 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 8d ago

France Reconstruction of Le Mans (France) in the 4th century AD

540 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean-Claude Golvin

12 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 9d ago

Austria Brigantium (modern-day Bregenz, Austria) in the 2nd century AD

428 Upvotes

Author: Roland Gäfgen. Source

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/works-in-progress • 9d ago

United Kingdom Oxford, UK. Hand-drawn. In the Victorian era the city was only about a mile across, and the colleges all sat within a short walk of one another. The Victorian elite, who studied here, lived much the way they would later in London: packed into a few square miles.

167 Upvotes

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/Brooklyn_University • 10d ago

Italy Rome (Italy), 3,000+ years of the Eternal City

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66 Upvotes

0 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 11d ago

Spain Seville (Spain) in 1248

467 Upvotes

Author: Pacho Garmendia. Source (p. 24)

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 11d ago

Poland 3D virtual model of Lublin, Poland in the early 20th century created as a part of the project "Lublin 2.0 - Interactive reconstruction of the history of the city" at the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" in 2012.

68 Upvotes

3 comments

r/papertowns • u/eccy55 • 12d ago

Sweden Just a thank you! Trelleborg, Sweden.

647 Upvotes

Edit: the graphic credit of this post goes to "wildeastmofo" who posted this graphic originally 9 years ago. If anyone knows how to link his original post I'll be happy to link it here but I'm not sure how.

Came across this sub very randomly from a post 9 years ago.

I've been playing Valheim (viking scenario) and searched for suggestions on base building. That led me to a thread where someone referenced Trelleborg in there design ideas which of course the very amateur history nerd in me needed to google and this sub popped up in one of the early suggestions. Then I found myself clicking on the sub and endlessly scrolling and looking through all the different posts and leaving it all on pause lol.

To whoever started this sub and to all of those that have kept it going thank you so much. I find all of this so fascinating!

19 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 13d ago

Poland Digital model of Czerwień Keep, Poland. It was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. (Photo credit: Consultingroup)

759 Upvotes

23 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 14d ago

France Blois (France) in the 15th century

673 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean Chen

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 15d ago

France Sancerre (France) in the 16th century

664 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean Chen

8 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 15d ago

Poland Model of medieval Nidzica, Poland.

163 Upvotes

2 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 16d ago

France Bourges (France) in the 16th century

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616 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean Chen

7 comments

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Papertowns: well-crafted pictorial maps, detailed panoramic cityscapes, broad aerial vistas, intricate bird's-eye views, fictional cities, even full 3D reconstructions both digital and physical. We enjoy anything from the famed citadels of antiquity to the quaint towns of the middle ages and the vibrant metropolises of our time.

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Here are some other similar subreddits you might be interested in:

/r/paperfolks for illustrations depicting the everyday life of our ancestors
/r/Map_Porn & /r/MapPorn for those of you who just love maps in general
/r/ImaginaryMaps if you're interested in Maps of fictional realms
/r/ImaginaryCityscapes if you enjoy Art featuring urban landscapes
/r/CityPorn for stunning pictures of cities from all around the world
/r/oldmaps for gorgeous maps of centuries past
/r/animatedbattlemaps & /r/battlegifs for studying the strategy and tactics of historical battles

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