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Gouda's 15th-century town hall (formerly moated) [8] Old City Hall at the Markt square - built between 1448 and 1450, one of the oldest Gothic city halls in the Netherlands; The Waag (weigh house) - built in 1667 across from the Old City Hall, this building was used for weighing goods (especially cheese) to levy taxes. It now is a national ...
City hall Gouda. City Hall (Haarlem) Royal Palace of Amsterdam (former town hall); City Hall (Delft) Maastricht City Hall; Middelburg Town Hall; Old City Hall (The Hague) Rotterdam City Hall
The intermediate category of town does not exist in Dutch, but provinciestad (small city in the province) comes close. Historically, there existed systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place: a stad or dorp. Cities were self-governing and had several privileges.
Gouda by Candlelight is a Christmas event with music, theatre, and singing in the big market square in the town of Gouda, the Netherlands. The tradition began in 1956, when the market of Gouda was decorated with a large Christmas tree, lit by candles in front of the old medieval town hall. It is the oldest and largest 'Christmas lights evening ...
Gouda may refer to: Gouda, South Holland, a city in the Netherlands Gouda (pottery), style of pottery manufactured in Gouda; Gouda cheese, type of cheese originally made in and around Gouda; Gouda railway station; Gouda, Western Cape, a small town in South Africa with a name of Khoisan origin; Gōda, a Japanese surname
The history of Gouda describes the development of Gouda from a small fortified settlement at the confluence of the Hollandse IJssel and Gouwe in the Dutch province of South Holland around 1300 into a medium-sized provincial town in the 21st century.
Weigh house in Gouda (1668). A weighhouse or weighing house is a public building at or within which goods are weighed. [1] Most of these buildings were built before 1800, prior to the establishment of international standards for weights, and were often a large and representative structures, situated near the market square, town hall, and prominent sacred buildings in town centre.
Gouda is a settlement in Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town lies some 38km south of Porterville, 14km west of Tulbagh and 61km north-west of Worcester. Prior to 1929, it was known as Porterville Road. Of Khoekhoen origin, the name Gouda is said to mean ‘antelope’.