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Amersfoort 08
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Uploaded: 03/02/26 10:09 AM GMT
Amersfoort 08
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This image shows the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren (Our Lady church tower), also known as 'Lange Jan' (Long John), located in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. The late Gothic church tower is 98.33-meter (322-foot) tall was completed around 1470. The tower originally belonged to a church that was destroyed in 1787 by a gunpowder explosion.
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.casechaser
03/02/26 11:21 AM GMT
The Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren has quite an interesting history and you have provided a great photograph. Gunpowder and grenades stored in it. Amazing.
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Such an imposing tower and it's long history is amazing
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I agree that the tower is imposing, and your camera skills really brought forth the wonderful details of the tower.The history is really interesting. tigs=^..^=
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Hard to capture shot - executed perfectly!
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Magnificent, the angle of this capture says it all. Faved.
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Another quality photo by you. What I would like to know is, "Why did the priests need that much gunpowder in the first place?"
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During the iconoclasm of 1579, the Protestants took over the church and the tower from the Catholics.
After the takeover, the church was also used as a gunpowder store and as a laboratory for filling grenades. Due to the carelessness of a laboratory employee, the church exploded in 1787, killing seventeen people. The church was severely damaged in the explosion, and in 1806 it was decided to demolish the ruin.
I don't know why grenades were needed at that time.
After the takeover, the church was also used as a gunpowder store and as a laboratory for filling grenades. Due to the carelessness of a laboratory employee, the church exploded in 1787, killing seventeen people. The church was severely damaged in the explosion, and in 1806 it was decided to demolish the ruin.
I don't know why grenades were needed at that time.
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I love this impressive tower; I love history. Thanks a lot for your story, Cornelius.
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