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Quiet seat on courtyard

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This is Holland - collection ([link] and [link] )
A walk through Marken - series
Marken, North Holland, the Netherlands

Marken is a peninsula in the IJsselmeer, the Netherlands, located in the municipality Waterland in the province North Holland. It is a former island, which nowadays (since 1957) is connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. Marken, originally an isolated fishers community, is now a well-known tourist attraction, well-known for its characteristic wooden houses and the typical traditional costumes

History

In the 13th century monks from the abbey Mariëngaarde from Friesland went to settle on the island. Their main means for living were agriculture and stock farming. To protect themselves against the water, they started building dikes around the isle, and build their houses on 'werven' - artificially heightened grounds.
In the 14th century, the dikes repeatedly were broken by the sea, and the salt water got free way again. Inhabitants of the isle started to specialise in fishing.
The construction of the 'Afsluitdijk' (Enclosure Dam) in 1932 meant the end of this source of income.
In October 1957, the dike between the main land and Marken was opened.

The village of Marken exists of several neigborhoods that originally were separated, but now some of those neighbourhoods are connected to one another.
The typical wooden houses have several building types that are easily recognized: the tightly packed houses on the 'werf' (artificial building hill), the pole-houses, with their now closed under-houses, and the houses without basements which stand below sea-level on the meadows, built after the closing of the Afsluitdijk (Closing dike), that separated the Zuider-sea from the North-sea. The bleaching paddocks for the washing, now used as gardens, can be clearly seen in several places.

Sources:
Wikipedia - English
Wikipedia - Dutch - and an ANWB tourist information board

This picture:
Old rowing boat, now used as planter... and even the flowers have known better days... :)

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This picture:
"Het Rietland" ("The reedland") - one of the typical wooden houses in Neighbourhood "de Kets" - quiet wooden seats on the paved courtyard, decorated with wooden shoes, milk can - now used as planters, and a water-butt


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Image size
2592x3872px 5.48 MB
Make
PENTAX Corporation
Model
PENTAX K10D
Shutter Speed
1/180 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
33 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Jun 24, 2010, 11:20:27 AM
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