Den Haag / The Hague = Malieveld by efron_241
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Description
A slightly different look at the same (old) side of towh.
The field is a left over of the War of independance. It was created around 1572 (war against Spain) to be able to defend the city (officially The Hague became a city 200 years ago, so it was a village in those days...)
Trees went down for a wall of defence.. and it was no longer possible for the enemy to walk 'unseen' through the forest of The Hague towards the village of The Hague (Political center of independent Holland, The Republic and the Monarchie).
People played the game of pallemaille (Frech)/ PallaMaglio (Italian) / Pall Mall (English) / [Bal]Malie Dutch there in the 18th century, therefor it is still called "Malieveld"
The first row of houses are from 1730's
The church on the left was created about 1534 AD.
The church on the right about 1880.
The modern buildings on the left are a result of the horror bombardment by allied forces on 3 March 1945.
Comments (28)
anitalee
Nice shot
vintorix
It is unusual with such a large open space in the vicinity of a large city. I can think of a lot of uses for it starting with kite contests!
brycek
Beautiful shot!
renecyberdoc
yeah i read about the bombing. nice place now.
lior
Breath taking landscape!
UteBigSmile
flaviok
Visão maravilhosa, texto excelente meu amigo, aplausos (5)
missblue
So beautiful =)!
magnus073
Chris, this is a fantastic photo of this very historic area. Thank you so much for taking time to share with us the history of this sacred place, as well as the buildings located close by. I'd be very interested in seeing any photos of the buildings you mentioned in the future.
Rhanagaz
Great scene and capture of this place with a lot of history. Now peacefully, but earlier on a place on human stupidity = war! Thank you for sharing, Chris!..
2121
interesting and great shot
Faemike55
Very nice shot, Chris! thanks for sharing the photo and the history
claude19
Cool shio=t what a great area !!!
ontar1
Excellent view, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
flavia49
gorgeous panorama
lieselotte2000
Interesting historic background.
Richardphotos
so much history in Europe.really a nice landscape
willpee
Terrific shot and thanks for the interesting history !
JSGraphics
Excellent work! Well done!
Sepiasiren
very kewl image--just wish it was a tad bit closer so I can see the details esp since the architecture of this building would fascinate me
sandra46
REALLY FASCINATING PICTURE
npauling
What a shame the trees had to be chopped down. War is always horrible. A lovely capture with a lovely sense of space.
mgtcs
This is a marvelous landscape my friend, fascinating photo!
mikeerson
I think I see people walking... are they breaking in or breaking out??? lol
ZanderXL
What a great open plain - looks like a nice place to do some out door training! :)
Seaview123
Very nice looking picture.
three_grrr
I can understand why this area is left wide open .. but I think it would be so much lovelier if a few trees were planted. An terrific shot, giving us a different view
evielouise
everytime u show me your home I want to come visit awwwwwwww--lovely !~