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2012 - Utrecht befriends the city of Portland, Oregon, USA. [29] 2013 - Population: 321,916 municipality. [25] 2014 TivoliVredenburg concert hall opens. Jan van Zanen becomes mayor. 2015 - July: 2015 Tour de France cycling race starts from Utrecht. 2017 May: Basic income pilot to begin. [30] August: Bicycle parking garage opens. [31]
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.
The origin of the town of Oudewater is obscure and no information has been found concerning the first settlement of citizens. It is also difficult to recover the name of Oudewater. One explanation is that the name is a corruption of old water-meadow. Oudewater was an important border city between Holland and Utrecht. Oudewater (lit.
Sports venues in Utrecht (city) (3 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Utrecht (city)" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
The walls of the lower town are partly demolished, but 4 towers, a few smaller later-added turrets, a long section of curtain wall and the well preserved Porte des Cordeliers and Porte Picois (which now serves as the City hall) still remain intact.
Initially, the collection - exhibited on the top floor of the Utrecht town hall - was limited to art related to the city of Utrecht. In 1921 the collection merged with various private collections in the new 'centralised museum' (hence the name 'Centraal museum', centraal being the Dutch word for central) located in the former medieval monastery at the Nicolaaskerkhof.
Duitse Huis is just above the bastion protruding from the center of the city wall towards the foot of the map. The Duitse Huis (English: Teutonic House) is a complex of buildings in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands, protected as a national monument. The older parts date to a monastery of the Bailiwick of Utrecht of the Teutonic Knights founded ...
Cities such as Utrecht were able to thrive starting in the 10th century. The flourishing economic activity resulted in a wealthier and larger population. The newly built church building was located in what was then the city centre. The town hall, street markets, and the court house were all located in a dense area to the west of the Buurkerk ...