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Ria van den Heuvel
October 30, 2021
Hiking
In 1629, after the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch and the conquest of the city by Frederick Hendrik, the building was confiscated by the States for purposes of national importance. A weapons …
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October 30, 2021
Hiking
The Bossche Kruithuis is a 17th-century powder house on the Citadellaan in the city center of 's-Hertogenbosch. It was built in 1618-1620 under the leadership of military engineer Jan van der Weeghen, following the example of the first Gunpowder House in Delft.[1] It is the last existing gunpowder store from the Eighty Years' War.
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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴
July 31, 2022
Cycling
The Kruithuis on Citadellaan in 's-Hertogenbosch is a special building from the seventeenth century. This national monument is the last surviving gunpowder house from the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) in our country. It was, as the name implies, originally designed to keep gunpowder safe.
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