Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Groningen, Netherlands

The Typografengasthuis is a courtyard on the Petrus Campersingel in the city of Groningen. It was built in 1903 by order of the Groninger Boekverkoopers College and was intended as an opportunity to invest the capital of the foundation.

Wikipedia: Typografengasthuis (NL)

The Great Tearing is a sculpture by the Italian artist Pierluca (1926-1968). It is located in the Dutch city of Groningen.

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The Pepergasthuis is a hofje on the Peperstraat in Groningen, Netherlands.

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Praedinius Gymnasium is a gymnasium in Groningen, the Netherlands. It dates back to the fourteenth century and is the larger of two non-comprehensive gymnasia in Groningen, the other being Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium.

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The Prinsentuin or, Prinsenhoftuin is a garden built in renaissance style that is located in Groningen, behind the Prinsenhof. This Garden consists of a rose garden, a herb garden, a part with berceaus and a sundial on the wall above the entrance.

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The Prinsenhof is a building on the Martinikerkhof in the Dutch city of Groningen. The building consists of four wings, three of which are located within the associated walled Prinsentuin behind it. The oldest part is the former church of the Brothers of the Common Life from 1487. On the east side of the entrance is the Gardepoort, which is connected to the complex.

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The Provincial Government House of Groningen is the administrative centre of the province of Groningen. The building complex is located on the east side of the Martinikerkhof in the heart of the city of Groningen. The front building at the Martinikerkhof dates from the beginning of the twentieth century, the rear, containing the state hall, is the former Latin Sint Maartensschool of Groningen and dates from the late Middle Ages.

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The Martinikerk is the oldest church in Groningen, Netherlands. The church and its associated tower are named after Saint Martin of Tours (316–397), the patron saint of the Bishopric of Utrecht to which Groningen belonged.

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The Martinitoren is the tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen, Netherlands, and the bell tower of the Martinikerk.

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Grand Theatre is a flat-floor theatre on the Grote Markt in the city of Groningen. It was originally built as a movie theater. After a period of vacancy, it was squatted in the night of 30 to 31 May 1980. Since then, the building has served as a theatre.

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Carl von Rabenhaupt was a Bohemian Hussite nobleman who fought in Dutch and Hessian service during the Thirty Years War and came out of retirement to help the Dutch defend Groningen during the Franco-Dutch War. He made a name for himself as a siege specialist, taking or successfully defending many fortified cities along the Dutch-German border.

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The Goudkantoor is a building built in 1635 and located on Waagstraat near the Grote Markt in Groningen, Netherlands. Originally it was built as an office for the receiver of the province of Groningen when it was called Collectehuis.

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The Mepschengasthuis is a guesthouse in the Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat in the city of Groningen.

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The Academy Building opposite the University Library on the Broerstraat in the city of Groningen, built in 1909, was built in the Northern Netherlands neo-Renaissance style. It is the main building of the University of Groningen. Because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value, it is important. It is also significant for the history of university education in Groningen and because of the quality of the spatial articulation, the ornamentation and the cohesion between exterior and interior.

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The Zeylsgasthuis is a guesthouse in the Dutch city of Groningen. It dates from 1646 and was founded by Berend Seilmaker, his husband and the widow of Berend's brother.

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Noorderplantsoen is an urban public park in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, situated slightly north of the city center. Its name is Dutch for northern public garden.

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