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Unesco Heritage The Netherlands

Unesco Heritage The Netherlands. Unesco Village Project. Grachtengordel Amsterdam.

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Unesco Heritage The Netherlands

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  1. Unesco Heritage The Netherlands Unesco Village Project

  2. Grachtengordel Amsterdam

  3. The grachtengordel existsof fourcanals in the centre of Amsterdam. It's a system of streets, canals, quays, bridgesandall the houses have the samesurface. Most of these houseswere built in “de gouden eeuw” (This is the Golden Centurytranslated in English) and the 18th century. These houses are one of the most important touristattraction. These houseswereplaced on the unescoheritage list in 2010.

  4. Schokland

  5. On a hillfrom the previousisland Schokland, now stands a church. lt’susedforexpositions, marriages andconcerts. The church was built in 1834. In 1942 theypumpedthe water out of the polder, soitwasn’tanislandanymore.

  6. Willemstad

  7. Willemstad is the capitalcity of Curaçao, anisland in the southern Caribbean Sea thatbelongs to the Netherlands. It has anestimatedpopulation of 140,000. The historiccentre of the cityconsists of fourquarters. The citycentre, withitsuniquearchitectureand port entry, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  8. Molens van Kinderdijk

  9. The mills of Kinderdijk are nineteenmills in Zuid-Holland. They were built in the eighteenthcentury. The mills are near the village Kinderdijk. Thousands of touristscometo thisarea to visit the mills.

  10. Woudagemaal

  11. The ir. D.F. Woudagemaal is a pumping station in the Netherlands, and the largeststilloperationalsteam-poweredpumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station. It was built to pump excess water out of Friesland, a province in the north of the Netherlands. Since1998 the ir. D.F. Woudagemaal has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

  12. Defence of Amsterdam

  13. The defence of Amsterdam is an incredible 38 mile long line of forts(45 in total). It was build from 1880 till 1920 and it should protect Amsterdam againstsoldier of other countries. In case of a war, people could flood an area around Amsterdam. The water would be too deep to walk through but too shallow to sail on the water. Amsterdam was totally protected!

  14. Wadden Sea

  15. The Wadden Sea is a sea in the north of the Netherlands. There are 5 small Dutch inhabited islands. The special thing about this see is that there is no water 2 times a day. When there is no water, some people go and walk on the seabed! They never walk without a guide, if you lose direction and the water comes back you’ve got a tiny problem……

  16. Seals in the Wadden Sea

  17. Rietveld Schröderhuis

  18. You’dbetterwatch the house yourself!

  19. The beemster

  20. The Beemster is an area which was part of the zuiderzee (a seawhich was in the middle of the Netherlands). They made dikesaround the area and pumpedall the water out. Sonowit’s a polder, usedforfarming.

  21. The End Made by: Laura, Lucia, Céline & Maarten andRuben

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