Medieval city gate Grendelpoort (Est. 1335) (Valkenburg/NL)
Medieval city gate Grendelpoort (Est. 1335).
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The "Grendelpoort" (Est. 1335), national monument and one of the three original city gates of Valkenburg as part of the medieval defenses. The gate and defenses were built of marlstone, a commonly used stone extracted from the various quarries. What used to be more of a ruin, it now has a portcullis again since 2010 and in 2014 the gate, together with the Geulpoort including towers, was completely restored.
The Grendelpoort city gate was built around 1335, initially with the name Bergerpoort, Maastrichtse Poort or Trichterpoort, after the places where the road led through the gate. On the outside of the gate was a well, the Grendelput after which the gate is now named.
On September 25 in 2010 the year in which the "Valkenburg Schutterij" existed for 550 years, the life-size bronze statue with the name "Sjotter aan de Poort" was unveiled. The statue of the "Sjötter" is dressed in the uniform "der Oude en Jonge Nobele" for which a member of these civic guards has served as a model.
Trivia: On September 24, 1901, the first fatal car accident in the Netherlands took place. At the foot of the Valkenburg Cauberg, a car whose brakes no longer worked collided with the medieval Grendelpoort.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendelpoort.
Photo October 2015, Grendelpoort (+/-1335) after 680 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Medieval city gate Grendelpoort (Est. 1335) (Valkenburg/NL)
Medieval city gate Grendelpoort (Est. 1335).
.
The "Grendelpoort" (Est. 1335), national monument and one of the three original city gates of Valkenburg as part of the medieval defenses. The gate and defenses were built of marlstone, a commonly used stone extracted from the various quarries. What used to be more of a ruin, it now has a portcullis again since 2010 and in 2014 the gate, together with the Geulpoort including towers, was completely restored.
The Grendelpoort city gate was built around 1335, initially with the name Bergerpoort, Maastrichtse Poort or Trichterpoort, after the places where the road led through the gate. On the outside of the gate was a well, the Grendelput after which the gate is now named.
On September 25 in 2010 the year in which the "Valkenburg Schutterij" existed for 550 years, the life-size bronze statue with the name "Sjotter aan de Poort" was unveiled. The statue of the "Sjötter" is dressed in the uniform "der Oude en Jonge Nobele" for which a member of these civic guards has served as a model.
Trivia: On September 24, 1901, the first fatal car accident in the Netherlands took place. At the foot of the Valkenburg Cauberg, a car whose brakes no longer worked collided with the medieval Grendelpoort.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendelpoort.
Photo October 2015, Grendelpoort (+/-1335) after 680 years in time.
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Valkenburg - Grendelpoort
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #architecture #citygate #Grendelpoort in #Valkenburg #Netherlands
Published at - Flickr