Place of assassination by iaacf
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William the Silent played an important role in freeing the early Dutch state of Spain. He was assasinated July 10, 1584 in the city of Delft. This is where he lived in his last years and where he was killed with some gun shots.
The Church tower is the Oude Kerk (Older Church) and the building where William lived is called 'Prinsenhof'.
Many tourists visit this place every year and not long ago everyone tried to take some samples of the bullet holes which were still visible in the wall. In the end thet bullet holes became in a way canon ball holes..Taking samples of the bullet holes is not longer possible btw. Glass is protecting the holes now.
Comments (12)
mommavelvet9999
Thats pretty cool. Learn something new everyday. Love the capture. Shows a lot of character.
Cosme..D..Churruca
Excellent photography !
PhotoSmith
A beautiful place captured magnificently! I also appreciate the history - thank you for including the nice intro. This is a wonderful presentation.
froznlife42
Lovely photo and grand history. Sorry to hear about vandals. Why can't some people just look without touching or taking?! Oh well. Atleast they'll be safe now.
Zacko
Impressive exposure capturing all those colors of that blue sky and that green park. Wonderful photo indeed. Have a great day. #:o)
chips7
He was a great man. Too bad he yielded the southern part of his country to the Spaniards.
weesel
Excellent photo and super history lesson! ;-) Looks a grand place to visit.
uniquedreamer
Wonderful architecture on this church, thanks for the history, looks like an interesting place to visit... V
hotracer2
Beautiful Church and story, sad that someone would take what so many still need to see, shame on them:):):)..V
LostPatrol
Beautiful church, what a plesent scene I could site there for hours.
jcv2
He he, shooting with canon balls, not easy to do that unnoticed... Impressive work, both picture and story, Oskar! :)
cynlee
great shot with historical interest