De Waag - Deventer NL
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N 52° 15.097 E 006° 09.608
32U E 306156 N 5792824
De Waag, oldest weigh house in the Netherlands, located on the Brink in Deventer, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WM13NPB
Location: Overijssel, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/17/2021
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" It is a late Gothic building with three storeys, a stair tower, a bell and three spire towers. It was built from 1528 to 1531.
In 1643, a late Mannerist platform with three columns was built at the front. On either side are steps. At the entrance to the platform there are two sandstone lions and the facade is decorated with, among other things, the relief stones 'Kiek in de Pot' and 'Morgenster', which remind one of the threatening fortifications of the Duke of Gelre on the other side of the IJssel.
The building is leaning, it is about 80 cm out of plumb. Therefore it was provided with new foundations in the nineties. "
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...