Etiket: Monumental
Monumental vacant churches prove difficult to fill: ‘There are churches in the danger zone’
Due to secularisation, it is an inevitable consequence: empty churches. But what do you do with the cultural heritage? They are considering that question in Bovensmilde today. Heritage association Heemschut,…
Fundaparel: this detached house has a monumental chestnut tree in front of the door
Special houses are regularly for sale in the municipality of Zoetermeer. From workers’ homes in the Village to modern city villas in Oosterheem. For example, there is now a detached…
Monumental installation by Canadian artist Stan Douglas in De Pont is top-heavy in historical significance
The installation 2011 ≠ 1848 by Stan Douglas (Vancouver, 1960), which was shown last year at the Venice Biennale and now in De Pont Museum in Tilburg, is very ambitious.…
Monumental tree with a tumultuous history has a chance to win the title Tree of the Year
The famous pedunculate oak at the Riegmeer business park in Hollandscheveld has a chance to win the title Tree of the Year. The ancient tree became the center of protest…
The beech in! Haarlemse Bomenridders fight for the preservation of monumental trees
Storm Poly chopped heavily into the Haarlem tree stock. That hurts, but the Haarlem Bomenridders continue to fight for the preservation of trees in the city. Even if it ‘only’…
‘Moving monumental oak takes a lot of time, effort and money’
One of the tree experts does not understand the decision to move. “You shouldn’t want this, you have to cut roots, that doesn’t make such an old tree happy. This…
Monumental oak in Hollandscheveld is moved to a new location
The protected pedunculate oak on the Riegmeer business park will nevertheless be preserved. The tree along the Albartsweg in Hollandscheveld will be transplanted in the autumn of 2024 to a…
Monumental fishing house in Assen will not have a shop, but an office
Old times would be revived at the Brink in Assen. With another fish shop in the white building with a striking bell gable, the place where fishmonger Joling once sat…
The De Reesthorst estate in De Schiphorst is owned by the Bosch en Vaart Foundation. There will be spacious homes in the national monumental farm
Landgoed De Reesthorst in De Schiphorst is officially owned by Stichting Bosch en Vaart. The new plans for the more than thirty-hectare estate at De Schiphorsterweg 5-7 are almost complete.…
‘Monumental farms can very well become homes’
There are 580 monumental farms in Drenthe. As far as historical geographer Elyze Storms of Wageningen University is concerned, they could account for 1,300 of the 13,000 homes that Drenthe…