My entry this week is a photo of the beautiful ‘Huize Damiaan’, a former monastery in the south of Limburg, the Netherlands. In this region my roots are still firmly grounded, though I live 100 miles to the north-west. Yeah, long roots, right? 😉
The foundations of ‘Huize Damiaan’ were built on the grounds of a little farm. In 1896 the construction work of the monastery started, only to finish in 1927. Up until 1991 it has been used for religious purposes, but in that year it was sold into private hands. Since then the building has been exploited in a commercial way to preserve the monastery for the generations to come – only in that way the maintenance costs can be covered.
The Monastery of Damiaan
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Roots are very important, Thats were we come from, a part of our heart is always there, even when we get more cosmopolitan. An architecture is interesting.
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And those roots keep pulling us back.
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Beautiful architecture and what a fabulous setting for a wedding!
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Especially since there was a chapel. A grande building indeed.
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Good that it’s been preserved, Marion, and I love your wedding photos. You look beautiful.
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Jo, thank you! It was such a nice and special day 🙂
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It is an elegant building…. Quite balanced 😉
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The yellow brick ornaments break the red front, that’s what I like. And the round curves of the windows. 🙂
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Interesting background information
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Always intriguing to find out what happened in the past.
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Interesting architecture 🙂 What does it host today? Have you gone inside?
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You can rent the building for parties, meetings and such.
Did I go inside? YES, V-man and I even got kind of married there, Paula, in an unofficial biker ceremony: https://drieskewrites.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/harley-wedding-july-12th-2009/
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Great Architecture Marion ,Thanks for posting 🙂
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My pleasure, Jake. Thank you for the challenge!
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