View of Mont-de-Marsan, the “City of Three Rivers”, circa 1880

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Sold By: Henri Louis SKU: 271936818001 Categories: B&W, Cities, Illustrations Tags: Adour, black and white, chief town, department, Douze, Engraving, fishermen, fortifications, France, gascon, Gascony, Landes, Middle Ages, Midou, Midouze, Mont-de-Marsan, old bourgeois houses, pier, quay, river port, rowboat, south west, vedutta, Ville aux Trois Rivières

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” Mont-de-Marsan, in Gascon Lo Mont de Marsan, is the capital of the Landes department in South-West of France.
This engraving, published in 1880, depicts the confluence of the Midou and Douze rivers, joining in the heart of the city center to form the Midouze, a river tributary of the Adour. In the Middle Ages, this was the site of a major river port, protected by fortifications.