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Ter Hooge Castle
Ter Hooge Castle is an 18th-century manor in Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg. It includes parts of a medieval castle. Castle characteristics Medieval castle Medieval Ter Hooge Castle was a polygonal castle on a height. The Dutch words literally mean 'On the height'. It's not sure whether this height can be equaled to the Motte of a Motte-and-bailey castle. The height was probably artificial, but there are no clues that it originally had a tower-like structure on top, i.e. in the center. The castle terrain had buildings on all sides, except the eastern side, where a gallery was later constructed. On the northwest side was a high tower house with a still somewhat higher stair tower. This stair tower still survives, and part of the central building is the same as the tower house. A thorough investigation of the construction history has not been done. The central tower house dates from, or was renovated during the 1620s works by Philips van Borssele van der Hooghe. A floor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middelburg, Zeeland
Middelburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the Capital (political), capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Zeeland. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province, ''Midden-Zeeland'' (consisting of former islands Walcheren, Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland), it has a population of about 48,000. The city lies as the crow flies about 75 km south west of Rotterdam, 60 km north west of Antwerp and 40 km north east of Bruges. In terms of technology, Middelburg played a role in the Scientific Revolution at the early modern period. The town was historically a center of Lens (optics), lens crafting in the Dutch Golden Age, Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. The invention of the microscope and invention of the telescope, telescope is often credited to Middelburg spectacle-makers (including Zacharias Janssen and Hans Lippersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
