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This old map of Delft shows
how it, like other cities, was
fortified and surrounded by
a wide canal for both
protection and travel.
William of Orange fortified
Delft as his headquarters in
the war of independance
against the Pope and Spain.
William of Orange,
father of the
Netherlands, is
buried in the New
Church (built 1381)
in Delft.
Vermeer’s famous painting
of the east gate of Delft.
With photographic
accuracy he shows the city
in the summer of 1660.
