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St. Nicholas Chapel and the Barbarossa Ruins in Valkhof Park

St. Nicholas Chapel and the Barbarossa Ruins in Valkhof Park

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St. Nicholas Chapel and the Barbarossa Ruins in Valkhof Park

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Location: Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

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1. Bastei to the Ooijpolder Geopad – views from the plateau

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2. Mountains, streams and special heath - Weekend hike in the south

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3. Grote Markt, Nijmegen – De Waagh, Nijmegen loop from Stadscentrum

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Klaske Schep

May 9, 2023

The Valkhof is a hill with a small park. Here you will find the Barbarossa ruins and the Sint-Nicolaaskapel: one of the oldest buildings in the Netherlands.

Het Valkhof should certainly not be missed on a visit to Nijmegen!

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

August 21, 2017

The Valkhof is a hill with a small park. There is the Barbarossa ruin and the St. Nicholas Chapel. The Nikolauskapelle is one of originally two chapels of the Nimweger castle Valkhof. It is one of the oldest buildings in the Netherlands.
The construction of the chapel of St. Nicholas on the Valkhof of the Nimweger Kaiserpfalz, built by Charlemagne, was probably commissioned by Emperor Konrad II in 1030. From the oldest building stock but only parts remain.
The octagonal central space, which encloses a sixteen-cornered handling, is clearly oriented towards the Palatine Chapel in Aachen. The Carolingian model has long led to the Nimweger Nikolauskapelle was predated. It is the only surviving Romanesque central building in the Netherlands.
In 1047 the Valkhof complex was completely destroyed by fire. Only under Frederick Barbarossa, the chapel was rebuilt in 1155 in the old form. After another undated massive destruction, a second reconstruction was added in the late 14th century. Source: Wikipedia

On the Valkhof grounds are also the remains (choir capsis) of the former 12th-century Martinskapelle. It is popularly referred to as Barbarossa-ruïne.

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Bumble-Bee

November 9, 2018

From here you have a good view of the river and the floodplains.

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St. Nicholas Chapel and the Barbarossa Ruins in Valkhof Park

1. Bastei to the Ooijpolder Geopad – views from the plateau

2. Mountains, streams and special heath - Weekend hike in the south

3. Grote Markt, Nijmegen – De Waagh, Nijmegen loop from Stadscentrum

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