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Scale Model Dom Church

By Tourism UtrechtPosted on January 12, 2021Posted in Buildings, Churches / Buildings, Stone slabTagged church, Dom Church, Dom Tower, Domplein, information, Map, UtrechtNo Comments

Legend: 1. Roman remainders 2. Holy Cross Chapel until 1826 3. Saint Salvator’s Church until 1587 4. Part of the Dom Church that collapsed in 1674 5. Buildings in 1955 6. Dom Church, monastery entrance and tower

Dom Gardens’ Gate

By Tourism UtrechtPosted on January 12, 2021Posted in InscriptionTagged church, Dom, Domplein, Garden, Gate, information, Inscription, UtrechtNo Comments

In the year of our Lord Mdcclcv (1755) this entrance was restored

Lord Jacob van Eyck

By Tourism UtrechtPosted on January 12, 2021Posted in Poems, Stone slabTagged Carillon, Domplein, information, Musician, Slab, Tile, UtrechtNo Comments

Lord Jacob van Eyck c 1590 – 1657 Musician and Director of Utrecht’s clockwork In mouth and fingers, a keenness of hearing. In flute and carillon a wonder of the centuries

Historical Utrecht

By Tourism UtrechtPosted on January 12, 2021Posted in ANWB, Bord, HistoryTagged ANWB, City Centre, Domplein, History, information, sign, UtrechtNo Comments

Roman period and early Middle Ages In 47 AD. the Romans founded a border fortress of wood and earth on the Rhine: ‘Trajectum’. Civilians lived east and west to the border, and they provided the soldiers from the fortress with what they needed. In about 200 AD. the fort was built in stone. Sixty years […]

Utrecht University academy building

By Tourism UtrechtPosted on January 11, 2021Posted in Bord, BuildingsTagged Academy Building, Domplein, information, sign, University, Utrecht, Utrecht UniversityNo Comments

The Academiegebouw The Academiegebouw (academy building) was donated to the university by the city of Utrecht in 1896. It still serves as the university’s ceremonial centre, where major academic functions are held. The portraits in the medallions underneath the cornice represent the famous university professors from before 1896. The style of the building is neo-Renaissance, […]

Monastic House of Oudmunster

By Tourism UtrechtPosted on January 11, 2021Posted in ANWB, Bord, Churches / BuildingsTagged ANWB, church, Domplein, information, Prebendary, sign, UtrechtNo Comments

This is the sidewall dating from around 1540 of a medieval home owned by the prebendary (choir master) of the former Oudmunster church, or St Salvator church (circumference in the paving of the Domplein). It is a fine example of early renaissance architecture with sculptures and cramp-irons. The masonry originally was painted red with white […]