page_title: Landau (carriage)
hierarchical_section_title: Landau (carriage)
caption_attribution_description: Print, one of a series of nine showing early 19th century carriages, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London.
context_page_description: A landau is a coachbuilding term for a type of four-wheeled, convertible carriage. It was a city carriage of luxury type. The low shell of the landau provides maximal visibility of the occupants and their clothing, a feature that makes a landau still a popular choice for the Lord Mayors of certain cities in the United Kingdom on ceremonial occasions.
context_section_description: A landau is a coachbuilding term for a type of four-wheeled, convertible carriage. It was a city carriage of luxury type. The low shell of the landau provides maximal visibility of the occupants and their clothing, a feature that makes a landau still a popular choice for the Lord Mayors of certain cities in the United Kingdom on ceremonial occasions.
caption: 1816 landau, wind-up side windows and forerunner[1] to the true convertible car
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