This birds-eye view of Villefranche in Provence, southern France, is from the ‘Topographia Gallia’ by Martin Zeiler published 1655-61. All of the plates were the work of Matthaus Merian, one of the finest engravers of the seventeenth century. Part of Nice is displayed in the west. The empty promontory on the right is now the home of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, one of the most exclusive regions of Cote D’Azur.