Friday - day 7
Fuji XE1 + Meike f/2.0 6.5mm circular fisheye lens
In 1233 our village was founded after the land was sold by Floris IV, Count of Holland, which means the village is almost 800 years ago.
Unfortunately, many old houses, factories, mills, etc. have been demolished.
Especially in the last 50 years little has been saved.
What does survive in this village is a total of 10 churches, plus there are 4 communities (like the baptists) who meet in several school buildings. Besides all this, also 2 mosques can be found in our village.
I've selected two of the oldest churches in our village.
The first photo shows a church built in 1838, National Heritage, named Brugkerk (in Rotterdam an almost identical church can be found, called Hoflaankerk) which replaced a church from 1430.
The second photo shows in my eyes a real 'petite beauté' it's the Remonstrant Church, built in 1837, National Heritage. I found it quite difficult to photograph this church even with a fisheye lens, because of 4 fabulous trees in front of it.
Gerard