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Peter
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posted 01-24-2003 02:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Had a quick look on the Net for a picture of this site, any pointers please ?

ipflo
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posted 01-25-2003 06:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
hi Peter

The castle of Breda was the foremost castle and the main residence of the Nassau-Orange family in the Netherlands (and now our royal family) untill they became stadhouders (~ something like lord protector) of the republic, in this time the castle was of one their summer and hunting residences. Later, about 1820, the castle became the royal military academy, which it still is. The castle is of one the most beautiful renaissance buildings of the Netherlands.


You can find pics from the castle on:

http://www.kma.mindef.nl/kma/over_de_kma/virtuele_rondleiding/content/kasteel.html (on the page of the virtual guide of the academy)

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/01/01.htm (picture of the castle mid 18th century)

http://www.muziekinstituut.nl/sacramentskoor/images/breda/kasteel.jpg

http://home.residentie.net/~schram-12/bd15.jpg (part of the entrance buildings)

http://home.residentie.net/~schram-12/breng.htm (a history in english of breda)

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/03/PU3.htm (a plan of the city of breda with middle above the castle (in dutch stands there casteel)

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/07/PU07.htm (picture of 1685 on which you can see parts of the medieval castle (now disappeared)

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/07/PU07_B.htm

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/07/PU07_C.htm

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/09/PU09_1.htm (the castle in 1806)

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/09/PU09_2.htm

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/09/PU09_3.htm

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/11/PU11.htm staircase now dissapeared

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/12/PU12.htm teh court of the castle in 1928


and ofcourse on the last moment i find out that these pages also exist in english:

http://stadsarchief.breda.nl/actueel/Breda_750/Februari/februari_E.htm

http://home.wanadoo.nl/korving/geschiedenis/kma.html

http://archimon.tripod.com/noord-brabant/breda.html

Peter
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posted 01-25-2003 01:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Cheers Ipflo,
friend of mine visited there recently, day trip to Amsterdam. And wanted some information on the site. Will now pass it on.

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