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Rijnauwen Fort
Rijnauwen Fort
Vossegatsedijk 5
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The Vuursche
The Vuursche
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Country Estate Bergse Bossen***
Country Estate Bergse Bossen***
3971 GM Driebergen-Rijsenburg -
TOP Oortjespad
TOP Oortjespad
Oortjespad
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TOP Het Gagelgat
TOP Het Gagelgat
3768 HD Soest -
Naarden Vesting
Naarden Vesting
Ruijsdaelplein 10
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Geertje’s Hoeve
Geertje’s Hoeve
Thematerweg 5
3455 SM Utrecht -
Pyramid of Austerlitz
Pyramid of Austerlitz
3931 MG Woudenberg -
Fort on the Ossenmarkt
Fort on the Ossenmarkt
Ossenmarkt 44
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Fort Nieuwersluis
Fort Nieuwersluis
Rijksstraatweg 7b
3631 AA Nieuwersluis -
National Military Museum
National Military Museum
3768 MX Soest -
Museum Bunker Leusden
Museum Bunker Leusden
3831 RZ Leusden -
Canals and shipyards
Canals and shipyards
The Utrecht canals with their wharves and wharf cellars are unique in the world.
The 12th Century Oudegracht was built to change the course of the Oude Rijn river. Connecting the river Vecht in the north to the Vaartsche Rijn in the south, the Oudegracht was destined to become an elongated harbour. Large city castles were built along the canal and in the 13th Century, shipyards were built as second streets at water level. The deep cellars, serving as storage spaces, ran through to below the houses. Today, the canals and shipyards are home to shops, restaurants and private residences.
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Grote Kerk Vianen (Great Church)
Grote Kerk Vianen (Great Church)
Hubrecht van Vianen founded a chapel in the 13th Century. It fell under the mother church in Hagestein and began growing fast. In the year 1345, it became a parish church and was granted marriage and burial rights. For this, a sum of money had to be paid to the church in Hagestein annually. In the 14th Century, the chapel was replaced by a single-nave church. In the year 1433, following a feud between Vianen and Hagestein, the Bishop of Utrecht decided to split the two churches.
In the mid-15th Century, the church was replaced by a 3-aisle Gothic hall church which is the same size as the current church. (Including the tower, it’s 77.5 metres long, 43 metres wide and 41 metres high.) Since the church also contains the family graves of the Lords of Vianen, it was required to match the grand status of the Brederodes in terms of its size and appearance.
After a fire in the year 1540, the church (de Grote Kerk) was rebuilt in its current form almost immediately (as a combination of a hall church and cruciform church) with the support of Reinoud III van Brederode. The church became Reformed under his son, Hendrik van Brederode. On 25 September 1566, the Roman Catholic institution disappeared and then, on 1 October, the first Protestant service was held.
Discover all monuments in Vianen.
Voorstraat 110
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Plofsluis
Plofsluis
The Plofsluis consists of five concrete bins with a relatively weak floor that span the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. The bins could store around 40,000 tonnes of sand, gravel or debris. In wartime, the floor could be blow up, so that its contents would drop into the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. This would block the canal and prevent the inundation water from flowing out. The lock was designed in such a way that its sides would remain upright after the explosion, so that the floor could be reconstructed and the sluice could be used again. It was never actually used.
3439 LS Nieuwegein -
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Schaapskooi Heidestein
Schaapskooi Heidestein
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Fort Everdingen aan de Lek
Fort Everdingen aan de Lek
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De Paltz Estate
De Paltz Estate
3768 MZ Soest -
City Museum Woerden
City Museum Woerden
3441 BG Woerden -
National Military Museum
National Military Museum
Verlengde Paltzerweg 1
3768 MX Soest -
Peking Garden
Peking Garden
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TOP ‘t Jagershuys
TOP ‘t Jagershuys
3707 HW Zeist -
The Green House
The Green House
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Fort Vreeswijk
Fort Vreeswijk
3433 ZZ Nieuwegein
