From the Vaults-55
Zutphen is known for many things and one of them is being unknown to most outside of the Netherlands and I don’t think that bothers anyone that resides there as they get to keep its charms all to themselves.
The Town is populated with less than 50k people and is full of left over grandeur from its golden age stretching from 13th to 16th centuries so much towering majesty that it has earned the nickname of Torenstad or Tower City.
Given the towns closeness to several rivers it is no surprise that the 11th century origins of the towns name was Zuidveen which means a southern facing peat bog and probably another reason for the place to be prosperous given a great source of heating was available nearby.
This is my last post for Zutphen before heading to Deventer so I will mention a last little known fact from the town and that is it is one of the last three chained libraries in Europe, meaning since the 16th century the library had its reference books chained to desks where scholars could use the books just not remove them, guess this saved on overdue return fines.
I took this on September 19th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 38mm 1/10s, f/16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress.
From the Vaults-55
Zutphen is known for many things and one of them is being unknown to most outside of the Netherlands and I don’t think that bothers anyone that resides there as they get to keep its charms all to themselves.
The Town is populated with less than 50k people and is full of left over grandeur from its golden age stretching from 13th to 16th centuries so much towering majesty that it has earned the nickname of Torenstad or Tower City.
Given the towns closeness to several rivers it is no surprise that the 11th century origins of the towns name was Zuidveen which means a southern facing peat bog and probably another reason for the place to be prosperous given a great source of heating was available nearby.
This is my last post for Zutphen before heading to Deventer so I will mention a last little known fact from the town and that is it is one of the last three chained libraries in Europe, meaning since the 16th century the library had its reference books chained to desks where scholars could use the books just not remove them, guess this saved on overdue return fines.
I took this on September 19th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 38mm 1/10s, f/16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress.