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Early modern

293 places on Detourmap founded from 1500 to the eve of the industrial age, in 45 countries. The best known is Suomenlinna. Dates come from Wikidata, and only 5,549 of the 39,832 places here have one.

In this era
293
Countries
45
Oldest
Edirne Palace 1500
Of all dated
5%

Early modern, by country

Other eras

Prehistoric164 The ancient world388 Medieval458 The industrial age1,127

Questions about this page

What is the best known early modern place here?

Suomenlinna in Finland. Sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland.

Is this every place from that era?

No, and it is worth being plain about it: this is every place on this atlas that Wikidata gives a founding date inside the band. 5,549 of the 39,832 places here carry a date at all, so the list is a slice of a slice. It is not a survey of the period.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.