Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Brielle, Netherlands
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3.5 km
20 m
Explore Brielle in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in BrielleSight 1: Langepoort
The Langepoort, built around 1704 on the Westdam, is a city gate of the fortified town of Brielle in the Dutch province of South Holland. The gate is part of the national monument registration 26968 together with the ramparts and the Kaaipoort on the southeast side of the city.
Sight 2: 't Vliegend Hert
The windmill 't Vliegend Hert on the Molenstraat in the Dutch city of Brielle is a post mill built in 1985. It stands as a rampart mill on the ramparts of the city, on the site where a flour mill has stood since the seventeenth century. Until 1696 it was a post mill, which was replaced by a stone scaffold mill in that year. That mill burned down in the night of 2 to 3 November 1810 and was rebuilt in 1811. This one also burned down in 1882. After this, the mill was demolished and no new mill was built in its place, until in 1970 the tars of the old post mill were found during a restoration of the fortress. It was decided to build a mill that would be a replica of the former post mill.
Sight 3: Noordpoort
The North Gate was the city gate through which the Sea Beggars entered Brielle on 1 April 1572. The foundations of the gate, which was demolished in 1619, can still be seen. Other city gates of the fortress, such as the Langepoort, are still intact.
Sight 4: Sloepenloods
The sloop shed in the South Holland city of Brielle is a shed on the Maarland North side. It was built in 1886 by order of the Engineers 3rd Command in Brielle, for a detachment of the Torpedo Company stationed in the city since 1870.
Sight 5: Sint-Catharijnekerk
The Grote or Sint-Catharijnekerk is the main church of the fortified town of Brielle, in the Dutch province of South Holland. St. Catherine's Church is used by the Protestant congregation of St. Catherine.
Sight 6: Brigittenpoortje
The Brigittenpoortje is a late Gothic bluestone gate southwest of the Grote of Sint-Catharijnekerk in Brielle.
Sight 7: Bedevaartskerk H. H. Martelaren van Gorcum
The Pilgrimage Church H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum is a church building in Brielle, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The church is dedicated to the martyrs of Gorcum. The building was designed by the architect H.P.J. De Vries and was put into use on April 29, 1932. The church is part of a pilgrimage complex that also includes the Martelaarsveld, an altar ciborie a water well and a cross road.
Wikipedia: Martelaren van Gorcumkerk (Brielle) (NL), Website
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