We spent a pleasant few hours walking around old Naarden, looking at the fort, the church (next post), and looking for a place to have dinner (next next post).
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| There |
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Judging from the shops, the homes, the cars parked out front,
it's not an impoverished place |
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| Thus; unlocked, top-down |
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| Now the museum of weights and measures |
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| Thus |
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But, on this site, in 1572, Catholic Spanish troops summoned
the townspeople to hear a new peace proposal...and then
massacred them, shooting those they could, then burning the
building they had fled into...700 killed |
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| The Utrecht Portal |
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| City hall |
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| More historic maps and photos |
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| More great decorating ideas for city council chambers, Carole |
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| More civic art |
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| Roses in bloom everywhere |
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| And more beautiful old buildings |
1 comment:
Well, no wonder these folks are all Protestants...
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