zondag 3 november 2013

Tower of the Lady

A view of  the shopping street in the innercity of Amersfoort, a municipality and the second largest city in the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city has a well preserved and protected medieval centre. The "Tower of the Lady" you see in the background is one of the tallest medieval church towers in the Netherlands at 98 metres (322 ft) and dates from 1444.

The tower is so tall you see it everwhere when walking in the city.

When standing in front I could hardly manage to make a picture of the complete tower. The church was destroyed by an explosion in 1787 but the tower survived.

It is now the reference point of the RD coordinate system , the coordinate grid used by the Dutch topographical service: the coordinates are (155.000, 463.000) You have to read the link to understand this I think, I don't I am afraid. 

This line in the pavement in front of the tower is pointing to the Zero point in the middle of the tower from the  measurement of the land registry.

12 opmerkingen:

  1. Thanks for the photos and the history lesson. Would like to visit there, too.

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  2. I don't understand it either Marianne, but I do like the cobblestone road :)

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  3. P.s. the Tower of the Lady is impressively tall, so good that you can see it rom many area around town.

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  4. Interessant die driehoeksmeting en dat het zo is weergegeven op straat.

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  5. I love the view and the history and what beautiful photos. I do understand the coordinates as we have our very own 45th parallel here with coordinates. Beautiful photos.

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  6. I like the timeless look of the first photo. Having no cars in it helps.

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  7. Looks like an interesting town to visit. Need to put it on the list.

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  8. Beste Marianne,
    Erg interessant en wat een pracht toren van 1444. Ja voor de topografie is het natuurlijk een erg belangrijk meetpunt. Nederland behoort tot de meest dichtbevolkte landen van de wereld. En we hebben ook erg veel in kaart gebracht.
    Lieve groetjes nog,
    Mariette

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  9. You've shown a very ornate tower. It's something I would like to see some day. I also like the street scene with only bicycles and pedestrians.

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  10. Interessant om te weten. Hier vlakbij op de hei bevindt zich de ijkbasis van het Nederlandse Rijksdriehoekmeetnet.

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  11. pretty! but i like the domtower in utrecht still more... :)

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