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  2. Utrecht - Wikipedia

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    Willem Blaeu's 1652 map of Utrecht. Although there is some evidence of earlier inhabitation in the region of Utrecht, dating back to the Stone Age (app. 2200 BCE) and settling in the Bronze Age (app. 1800–800 BCE), [11] the founding date of the city is usually related to the construction of a Roman fortification (), probably built in around 50 CE.

  3. Timeline of Utrecht - Wikipedia

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    1879 - Regional Utrecht State Archives established. [18] 1884 Utrechtsch Museum van Kunstnijverheid (applied arts museum) opens. Population: 74,364. [19] 1892 - Public library established. [10] 1893 - Utrechts Nieuwsblad (newspaper) begins publication. 1894 - Utrecht City Orchestra founded. 1898 - Wilhelminapark (Utrecht) opens.

  4. History of Gibraltar - Wikipedia

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    To the Ancient Romans, Gibraltar was known as Mons Calpe, a name perhaps derived from the Phoenician word kalph, "hollowed out", presumably in reference to the many limestone caves in the Rock. [16] It was well known to ancient geographers, [17] but there is no known archaeological evidence of permanent settlements from the ancient period. [18]

  5. Dom Tower of Utrecht - Wikipedia

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    The Dom Tower (Dutch: Domtoren ' Cathedral Tower ') of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, [1] at 112.32 metres (368,5 feet) in height. [2] It is considered the symbol of Utrecht. [1] The tower was part of St. Martin's Cathedral, also known as the Dom Church, and was built between 1321 and 1382, [1] to a design by John of ...

  6. St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht - Wikipedia

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    St Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, buttresses as seen from SE. St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, or Dom Church (Dutch: Domkerk), is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages. It is the country's only pre-Reformation cathedral, but has been a Protestant church since 1580.

  7. Dorestad - Wikipedia

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    Dorestad in the network of main Northern European trade routes in the Early Middle Ages (c. 800). Dorestad (Dorestat, Duristat) was an early medieval emporium, located in the present-day province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, close to the modern-day town of Wijk bij Duurstede.

  8. Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland) - Wikipedia

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    The city of Utrecht was founded at a ford near the fork of the Kromme Rijn into the Vecht to the north and the Oude Rijn to the west. Of the original fork, little remains today, and both Vecht and Rijn start from the city moat. For the first few kilometres of its course, the river is channelised and known as the Leidse Rijn (Leiden Rhine).

  9. Catharijnesingel - Wikipedia

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    The Catharijnesingel is a street in, and part of the historic moat in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The Catharijnesingel is the long straight stretch of the harp shaped city moat in the West of the city. The street and canal run from the Ledig Erf and Westerkade to the Smakkelaarsveld and Daalsesingel into which it merges.