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PRISON INSIDE HEESWIJK CASTLE (DOCUMENTARY)



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Tony, Surprising how good the exposure is with that very bright window being so large in the frame......multi segment metering had alot to do with it, I suppose........When do you think this castle built, judging by this, it must have been like 1400......Really a good shot......Jim
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yes Jim buddy

Castle Heeswijk is water citadel former at Heeswijk from the 11th century. The castle had been restored in 2005. Already in the year 1080 there a preamble of the current castle, so-called motte-burcht arose. In the course of the middle ages the motte (castle hillock) were blunted and on the place of the citadel a castle were built. Castle Heeswijk several times have played a role in the history. It did not succeed prince Maurits around 1600 up to two times to take the castle. It's halfbrother Frederik Hendrik succeeded in this in 1629, however, in, so that he could besiege then s' Hertogenbosch. In 1672 the sun king Lodewijk XIV the uninvited guest on castle Heeswijk were during its fight against the republic. On the end of the 18th century Pichegru, general still used the castle of the French revolution under the guidance of Napoleon, as a headquarter. In 1835, Andr?ought baron of pine Bogaerde of Terbrugge the castle touched in decline and started immediately a massive reconstruction. For its growing collection art objects and curiosa, of him and of its sons, the noblemen Louis and Donat, the castle was extended with among other things the weapon room and the Irontower.

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Tony, thanks for all that trouble you have went to, it was not my desire that you do all that......I had no idea that such places were built that early in history.....The rebuilding of this place was very well done, it may look better that it did several centuries ago.....Jim
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