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... a view
Spending a lazy Sunday afternoon in a nearby village and catching up with the sun setting
19th entry in Mr T's 365 challenge to post a picture every day
19 January 2014
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Song: Lazy Sunday Afternoon (Small Faces)
TNX everybody for dropping by, for your lovely comments, faves and group invites!
Special tnx to David Kracht for the invite in IN EXPLORE
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Brielle - South Holland - the Netherlands
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint).
Actors re-enact the Capture of Brielle in 1572 April 1. Port city Brielle was captured by sea rebels the ‘Sea Beggars’ on this day .
Thanks for the use of this texture ; Joes Sistah
In May 2017 Brielle went back for a few days to the time of the second world war. Everything was played out as real as possible with real vehicles from that time, camps and reenactors.
In mei 2017 ging Brielle een paar dagen terug naar de tijd van de tweede wereld oorlog. Alles werd zo echt mogelijk nagespeeld met echte voertuigen uit die tijd, kampementen en reenactors.
Brielle , ook wel Den Briel, is een stad en gemeente in de Nederlandse provincie Zuid-Holland gelegen op het voormalige eiland Voorne.
Brielle is gelegen aan het Brielse Meer, een afgedamd gedeelte van de Maas dat zich tot belangrijk recreatiegebied ontwikkeld heeft. Het ligt ten oosten van de oude vaargeul Brielse Gat.[1] Tot 1700 werd dit water gebruikt als verbinding naar Rotterdam, daarna trad verzanding op waardoor het Gat minder goed bevaarbaar werd. Het Goereese Gat was een alternatief.
... a close encounter
Spending a lazy Sunday afternoon yesterday in a nearby village
On our way back to the car at the parkinglot we stumbled upon another car
Apparently the road ends here or what?
Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
20th entry in Mr T's 365 challenge to post a picture every day
20 January 2014
20/365
Thank you for your visit, your kind comments and faves.
With love
In May 2017 Brielle went back for a few days to the time of the second world war. Everything was played out as real as possible with real vehicles from that time, camps and reenactors.
In mei 2017 ging Brielle een paar dagen terug naar de tijd van de tweede wereld oorlog. Alles werd zo echt mogelijk nagespeeld met echte voertuigen uit die tijd, kampementen en reenactors.
Wat de vraag oproept: van of voor Geuzen? Driehonderd jaar na dato gingen ze in Den Briel in ieder geval helemaal los. Het lijkt een uiting van herwonnen zelfvertrouwen - of een poging daartoe - na het verlies van België, drie decennia eerder.
Panorama is samengesteld uit 6 foto's in portretstand.
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Voormalig torpedomagazijn, Arsenaal in Brielle
Militair Object
Rozemarijnstraat 46, 3231AL Brielle, Zuid-Holland
Rijksmonument nummer: 10842
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* Het Arsenaal in Brielle is een gebouw uit 1708. Dit arsenaal was oorspronkelijk bedoeld voor wapenopslag. Tot 1922 werd het voor militaire doeleinden gebruikt. Tegenwoordig is het in gebruik als bibliotheek. Het arsenaal staat in de hoek Rozemarijnstraat/Lijnbaan. *Tekst: Wikipedia.
" MONUMENT CONSACRE A LA POSTERITE EN MEMOIRE DE LA FOLIE INCROYABLE DE LA XX ANNEE DU XVIII SIECLE." (No. I.)
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het xx jaar der xviii. eeuw.
[Monument consecrated to Posterity in Memory of the Incredible Folly of the 20th Year of the 18th Century.]
The triumphal chariot of Deceit, pushed along by the crowd of speculators from Quinquenpoix (Rue de Quincampoix, where John Law’s offices are) drives Dutch crowds into the Hospital, the Madhouse and the Poorhouse.
Detail:
This is an engraving, with verses and a description beneath, see below, in Dutch and French. The design represents an open place before the office for selling shares, in the Rue Quinquempoix, Paris. 1 Before this place a great crowd of persons appear; these are gathered about the doorway which is marked "QUINQUENPOIX.", where, preceded by flying Fame, with her trumpets, is a chariot, like a cart, which is dragged by six emblematical figures, thus named, "MER DU SUD" 2 (Compagnie, South Sea Company), holding a paddle, and girt with a net, in which are many fish. "MISSISSI" [ppi] (Compagnie), having a wooden leg, dressed like a red Indian, ragged, half-starved, and holding a playing-card, on which, like an ace, is a fleur-de-lis. "WEST" (India Company) with a pen thrust through his cheek; " BANQUE " a woman who clenches her right fist, and holds with the other hand a scroll, on which is "Prime pour la BANQUE a 300."; a serpent bites her foot. "DES INDIES" wears a Dutch hat, with a windmill (?) in front of it; this figure probably refers to the Dutch share mania, or to the full-blown scheme of Law, which bore a comprehensive title of this kind; "AssuRA"(nce) is a youthful female figure. In the chariot sits Folly, with a fool's cap, bearing a crescent-moon for a crest; holding a bauble and fan ; she wears a large hoop, which displays her legs and high-heeled shoes. A cock (France), and a lion (England), and another lion grasping the heraldic arrows of the Seven United Provinces are behind her, on the
seat of the chariot. On the felly of the wheel which we see is "COMPAGNIE DE COMMERCE & D'As"(surance), and, on the spokes of the same are the names of "LA HAYE." "HOORN." "MONIKENDAM." "DELFT." "GOUDA." "ROTTER-D." "DORT." "EDAM." "[Enkhuiz]EN." and (Alkm)"AAR".
Several men, as described below, push the wheels of the chariot; it goes over a figure of a woman lying supine on the ground, who clasps books respectively inscribed "JOURNAL." "GRAND LIVRE", and "MEMORIAL." Near this figure lies an open book, inscribed "Livre Brouilon". Under the chariot a large bale, inscribed "Q.M.No.2."
Above, in the air, is the Devil blowing bubbles and riding on a cloud, from which proceed rays of light, these fall on the figure of naked "FORTUNA" who floats over the chariot and the surrounding crowd. These rays are inscribed, “Transports un cerveau" (Fugue states?), "Proces insomnies", "Innanities" (Inanities), “Dettes”, (Debts) "Desespoir" (Despair), "Maladies", "Tristesse" (Sorrow), "Folies", “Fievres” (Fevers)"Esperance" (Hope), "joye immoderee" (Irrational exuberance!), Consience", "Banqueroutes" (Bankruptcies), Ocasion manque", and "Meurtres". The bubbles which the Devil blows descend with these rays on the crowd, together with a fool's cap, serpents, and dragons. Fortune scatters papers which respectively inscribed, "Contracts du SUD." , S "Prime de CACAU", "SUD. 1e Souscription" "3me Souscription" " 2e Sousc"[ription] " SUD." "Prime sur la SUD", "LE WEST". "LA BANQUE". "LE SUD". "ASSUR"[ances] and "Comp.(agnie) des INDES".
1 See " Almanach de la Fortune." &c. 1720, No. 1618.
2 See " Waare afbeelding van den vermaarden Heer Quinquenpoix ", Sept. 1720, No. 1612, for explanations of the terms used here, i.e. "Mer du Sud, Mississippi, West, Banque, and Des Indies". The names of Dutch towns are those of places which were centres of stock-jobbing, and occur very frequently on the Dutch satirical prints which are catalogued in this volume with the date 1720.
3 This probably refers to the so-called "Contract" of the South Sea Company, by means of which that corporation had a limited privilege of trading with the Spanish colonies in the South Seas, for the benefit of the Queen, the Company, and the King of Spain ; other English trade in this quarter being forbidden. See "To the Honourable the South-Sea-Company", 1732. (See the "Crowle", Pennant's "London," viii. 69.)
There is great activity among the crowd to catch these bubbles and billets. In front two men are struggling; one has thrown the other on the ground and belabours him; near them lies a paper, with "Contracts sur la BANQ." An old man wearing a hat kneels on the earth in the right hand corner, at foot, and writes on a paper which he supports on a block of stone, inscribed, "Transport"; a second man places money on the stone, while a third seems telling the first what to write. Near these kneels a man who is tearing a paper entitled PRIME DE CACAO, and appears in great distress. Behind him is "BOMBARIO." (Humbug), whose name appears on many of these plates; he is conversing with a man who holds up his hands in astonishment or lamentation. In the office behind these figures appear many persons bargaining and talking.
On our left of the design, in front, is another large group of persons, comprising one who whispers to another, while a boy picks the pocket of the latter; a young man who lolls on chairs at a table, and receives the obsequious attentions of another, who stands by his side. Behind these is a man with a magic-lantern, "TOVERLANT "(ern). Another man is mounted above the heads of a crowd of persons, who eagerly jostle for papers he holds in his hands, and which are inscribed, "pour Amsterda"(m), and "Projet van assurante voor Amst"(erdam).
In the background is a high wall, with three doorways in it, which are enriched with the arms of Amsterdam, and sculptures. That on the left is inscribed "’T ZIEKEN-HUIS" (Hospital for the Sick), cripples and others are entering this doorway. Over the entrance in the centre is "‘T GEKKEN-HUIS" (Lunatic Asylum). The entrance on our right is that of the "ARM-Huis." (Poor House).
At the foot of the design, occupying the middle of the lower margin of the print, is placed a Janus-head, as described in the French inscription, which is quoted below ; this head is enclosed by a wreath, composed of flowers on one side and thorns on the other; on a label attached to this element is, besides the name of the artist, as cited above, the following motto : "DESINET IN LUCTUM SPECIES FORMOSA SUPERNE Hor. Art. Poet"
There is another impression of the same, from a second state of the plate, No. 35, in the same volume, in which certain alterations appear, e.g. a crop of mushrooms have risen before the feet of those who drag the chariot. These bear the names of the towns in which the Stock fever raged most violently: "denBriel." "Weesop." "Emden" "Middelburg." "Campen" Zutphen." "Harlingen" "ter Veer[Veere]" "Vlissingen" " Zwol" " Enkhuisen" and "Vlaardhigen" (Vlaardingen)
Near these the following is added :
"De Bubbels ras als Duivels broodt verscheenen,
In korten tydtgekomen en verdweenen
Betoom uw lust en drift;
Zy stecken vol vergift."
[The Bubbles which soon turned out to be the Devil's bread, within a short time appeared and disappeared; therefore bridle your desire for them, they are full of venom and passion.]
The face of the man who writes on the stone has been made younger than before, and his hat removed. The inscription on the stone is "Procuration pour HOORN &c." Two of the broken stones which, in the first state of the plate, lie near the larger stone in this corner, have been changed to bundles of papers, and inscribed "Procuration." On the other side of the design, a figure of a man seated, likewise that of a young lady, have been introduced where formerly was that of the young man lolling on the chairs. Before the young lady an old gentleman kneels, while he kisses her hand, the fingers of which hold the bribe marked, "Contract du Sud a. p 1,000." He places on her lap another paper which is inscribed, "Billet au porteur de p 50000." She appears to affect reluctance to take these bribes. The seated man, mentioned just above, holds a paper marked, "Contract de 5OO £ Sterl" The figure of the individual behind that of the obsequious man, who appeared in profile and wore a broad-brimmed hat, has been altered; the face is now in full and the hat is cocked.
At the foot of all the above-named impressions of this print the following engraved inscription, and the like in Dutch :
" La FORTUNE DES ACTIONS sur son Char conduit par la FOLIE, qui est assez reconnoissable par ses attributs ordinaires, & par son ample lupe de baleine, qui est aussi une folie du terns. Ce char est tire par les principales Comp. qui ont donne commencement a ce Negoce pernicieux, comme le Mississipi avec une jambe de bois, le Sud avec une jambe bandee & un emplatre sur 1'autre, la Banque d'Angl. foulant aux pieds un serpent, la Comp. du West, celle d' Assurance, et celle des Indes aussi d'Angl. les Agens de ce commerce font tourner roues du Char, aiant des queues de Renard pour marquer leur adresse & JUTS ruses. Ou voit sur les rais les diverses Comp. tantot hautes, tantot basses, selon que tournent les roues ; & le veritable Commerce renverse avec livres & marchandises, & presque ecrase sous les roues du Char ; une grande boule de monde de tout etats & de tout sexe courent apres la Fortune pour raper des Actions. Dans les nue's est un Diable faisentdes bouteilles de Savon, poi se melent aux billets que distribue la Fortune, a des bonnets de fons qui )mbent en partage & quelques uns, & a de petits Serpens qui marquent les insomnies, l'envie, le desespoir &c. La Renommee vole devant, repandant par fut cette Contagion. Le Char conduit ceux qui le suivent a l'une des trois )rtes que Ton voit, savoir 1'Hopital des foux, des malades, & des gueux. A gauche est un homme qui distribue le premier Projet de Comp. pour Amsterdam, que la sage prevoyance des MAGISTRATS a d'abord suprime. Ceux qui voudrons se donner la peine d'examiner, I decouvrirons plusieurs choses, qu'on n'a pas cru devoir expliquer en detail, pour laisser aux curieux le plaisir d' avoir quelque chose a deviner. Cette FOLIE a pour Devise deux Tetes, dont Tune jeune &
riante marque le beau cote des Actions ; 1'autre vieille & accablee de chagrins en marque la suite, par la Sentence Latine qui signifie : Le chagrin suit souvent une belle aparence."
De FORTUIN der ACTIEN op haar wagen, gevoert door de ZOTHEID kenlyk aan haar hulsel, als ook aan de brede balein rok, nieuwe zotheid van de hedendaagsche tyd. Deeze wagen wort getrokken door de voornaamste Comp.[agnien] die het begin zyn geweest van deeze schaadelyke Negotie, als Mississipe, (met houte stelt.) Zuydzee (met pleisters en zwachtels om de bene. De Bank (treedende op een slang.) met de West-Oostindische en Assurantie Comp. Van Engelandt. De opblaazers van deeze rook negotie (gemerkt met vosse staarten) draaien de wielen van deeze wagen. Men ziet op de straalen der wielen de diverse Comp.[agnien] die cours hebben gehad, nu hoog, en den laag naar het draaien der raders. Terwyl de oprechte koophandel met zyn contoir boeken en koopmanschappen door de wagen word vertreeden en byna verbryselt. Een groote meenigte van menschen van alle soort, so mans als vrou-wen, loopen de fortuin na, om geld in d’Actien te winnen. Een quaden Geest blaast van boven ydle water bellen. Sommige vallen Zots-kappen te beurt. Verscheide slangetjes verbeelden zorg, ’t ongerust slapen, ziektens, nyd, wanhoop, moorderyen en andere rampzalige gevolgen van deeze generale zotheid. De faam vliegt voor uit en verspreit deeze besmettelykheid door heel Europa. Onderwyl geleid de wagen van alle die haar blindelings volgen naar een deeser drie poorten, als Ziek-Arm of krankzinnig Huis. Ter linkerhand ziet men d’uit-deeling van ’t eerste project om een Comp.[agnie] binnen Amsterdam op te rechten, het welk door de wyze voorzorg van de Ed.[elachtbare] Magistraat ver-booden zynde, all andere projecten die gereed waaren zig ook te vertoonen, daar door zyn afgeweeze. De verdere verklaaring blyft voor den aanschouwer.
Het dubbeld Hoofd, het een jong en schoon, met roozen vercierd, verbeeld de schoone schyn des windhandels, de andere oud, en afgemat van droefheid, vertoond het einde of gevolg met het latyns devis, dat beteekent Schyn bedriegt.
This Dutch satire on John Law of Lauriston 1 is No. 40 in vol. ii. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid ", a collection of similar satires on the Mississippi, South Sea and West India Companies, and other bubble schemes of 1720 and the preceding years.
This print, is No. 34, vol. i., in the collection of Dutch satires on the schemes of Law and others, in and about 1720, which collection is styled "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid " &c., 1720. It is one of the few (maybe the only?) engraving, by B.(enoit) Picart. It is no. 1628 in the British Museum collection of satirical prints.
Source: Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Division I. Political and Personal Satires, Volume II June 1689-1733, Chiswick Press (1873), Catalog Nos. 1627-1629, pp 444-450. 14 X 8-1/2 in.
Saint Catharine's church in Brielle, centre of religion and culture, has an impressive history. She was built between 1417 and 1482, whereas in 1456 a major part was destroyed by fire. In 1462 restauration began, however, money was finished in 1482, resulting in an unfinished church and bellfry. The latter measured at this time 60 meter (318 stairs) instead of the planned 120 meter and the church is then just up to the transept. This transept and the choir have not been built yet apart from the foundations below groundlevel. The nave was closed by a brick wall between two already existing pillars. A Roman Catholic church till 1572, since then Dutch Reformed.
(Source: www.catharijnekerk.nl)
Picture was taken from the Schrijversdijk.
English
Brielle is a very old, fortified town. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Ãlvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). Dutch students are taught a short rhyme to remember this fact, which rhyme refers to April Fools' Day:
"Op 1 april verloor Alva zijn bril" translating into "On April 1st, Alva lost his glasses",
("bril" is the Dutch word for "glasses". The same rhyme continues with the line "Op April zes verloor Alva zijn fles" "On April 6th Alva lost his bottle" in which the word "Fles" stands for the town of Vlissingen, which was the next town to be caught by the Dutch rebels.)
After the capture of Brielle the Protestant rebels tortured and murdered the Catholic Martyrs of Gorkum and Brielle has become a pilgrimage location since then.
In August 1585, Brielle was one of the four Dutch towns that became an English possession by the Treaty of Nonsuch when Queen Elizabeth I received it as security of payment for 5000 soldiers used by the Dutch in their struggle against the Spanish. In 1617, these cities returned to the Netherlands.
'De Hoofdwacht'. Monumentaal gebouw met fronton op de gevel, tegenover het stadhuis in Brielle. Voormalig Militair Object
Markt 7, 3231 AH Brielle, Zuid-Holland
Rijksmonument nummer: 10792
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Vanaf 1 april 1966 tot 1 november 1999 was in dit pand de brigade Brielle van de Koninklijke Marechaussee gehuisvest. Momenteel heeft het pand een horecabestemming.