Leo Belgicus
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The Leo Belgicus was used in both heraldry and map design to symbolize the former Low Countries with the shape of a lion.
Title page of De Bello Belgico by Famiano Strada, 1647
Leo Belgicus by Aitsinger/Hogenberg, 1583
Leo Belgicus by Claes Janszoon Visscher, 1611
Leo Belgicus by Jodocus Hondius, 1611
Dutch garden
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Dutch garden refers firstly to gardens in the Netherlands, but also, mainly in the English-speaking countries, to various types of gardens traditionally considered to be in a Dutch style, a presumptio
Leo Belgicus
…Belgicus often accompanies the Dutch Maiden, the national personification of the Dutch Republic. Often both sit in a circular fenced enclosure, the "Garden of Holland". Europa regina, showing Europe as a queen, was a comparable schematic…
The Main Canal at Westbury Court Garden, now restored to its putative state in 1700.
The Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace, in September
Detail of print of castle garden in Utrecht, around 1700
Het Loo Palace, by 1693; perhaps partly planned but not finished.