Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing house and publishing house with a history dating back to the Renaissance and Baroque period. Located in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities in early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is closely linked to the history of the invention and spread of printing. Its name refers to the greatest print publisher of the second half of the 16th century: Christophe Plantin (c. 1520-89). The monument is of outstanding architectural value. It documents in detail the life and work of the most productive printing and publishing house in Europe at the end of the 16th century. The company's building, which was in operation until 1867, houses a large collection of old printing equipment, a large library, valuable archives and works of art, including a painting by Rubens.