Built in 1462/67 on the site of an older and smaller building, this structure was used for special gatherings, such as the meeting of the five chapters in which a new bishop was elected. It was also the meeting hall for the States of Utrecht until 1528. On January 25, 1579, the Union of Utrecht […]
Even though I’m seventy I’m still planting trees withhold the neighbors from mocking me in birth lies death it is good not to know the hour of death from:”Heat requires years of growth” Willem Hussem. 8 augustus 2010 Annemarie Kooistra
Poem Sonnenborgh But it is that divine night under the dripping Observatory what I so desire my cold lips on your wet cheek both so defenseless naked – now seventy years later never gave me a drop of water tasted more so generous and horny. Fort Worth, almost November 26, 2008 Leo Vroman
To move We move and we leave behind: space, time We draw lines from point to point, we draw out our lives in stone because we move we take with us: everything, nothing, each other. We close the door for the last, count the keys and deliver them. We move, back and forth, until we […]
extinguisher house This fire extinguisher house of the voluntary fire brigade dates from around 1860. In the time when there was no motorized transport, it was considered important to spread the apparel needed to extinguish fire throughout the city, so that they could be deployed quickly in the event of a fire. This is one […]
Rooms by Jan van Campen In 1574, Jan van Campen renovated his house, giving rise to four large and nine small rooms attached to the Leeuwenbergh guest house. The nine rooms still exist. In 1645, when the Nieuwe Kamp was built, part of it was demolished and replaced, of which one house still exists. The […]
Metelerkamp Foundation Far into the 19th century, wealthy people built homes for the poor. In 1844 Miss P.P.J. Metelerkamp ordered five houses with two rooms. However, three of these (in the alley) were occupied by multiple families, bringing the actual number of homes to 8. These double-occupied houses were therefore real ‘chambers’. The distribution of […]
Maliepoort and Huis Lepelenburg Original from the Utrecht archive Dirk van der Burg The inside of the Maliepoort and the Lepelenburg house, 1770 Donated by “Centre Utrecht” Association of independent entrepreneurs in the city center
Leeuwenbergh guest house Plague hospital built in 1567 from a bequest of Agnes van Leeuwenbergh. nearly rebuilt in 1678 after a city fire. Converted into military barracks in 1794. University building from 1845 to 1930. Church building ever since. Restored in 1881, 1930 and 1977.
Foundation of Renswoude The wealthy Maria Duyst van Voorhout (1662 – 1754), Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude, left almost her entire fortune to three orphanages in Utrecht, Delft and The Hague. She determined that gifted orphan boys should be trained internally in artistic and technical subjects. The regents of the Utrecht Stadsambacht children’s home, now the Centraal […]
