About this tour
Before Amsterdam was Amsterdam, Breda was a Nassau city. Walk a 2 km loop through the town where the House of Orange married into the Low Countries, where seventy-two soldiers rode a peat boat into a Spanish-held castle, and where a Renaissance prince laid out one of the first Italianate gardens north of the Alps. Ten outdoor stops, one peat-ship ruse, a Brabantine Gothic cathedral with a mummified cat, and a café that has been pouring the same family's beer since 1838. Ready to meet Breda?
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grote Markt — The Square That Burned Itself Open
Stadhuis (Grote Markt 38) rebuilt after the fire; current Louis-XVI façade by Philip Willem Schonck, 1766–1768. A blindfolded Justitia with scales stands above…
Grote Kerk — Princely Tombs and a Mummified Cat
Brabantine Gothic, choir started 1410, tower 1468–1509 (97 m), completed 1547. Vault frescoes (1533) by Tommaso Vincidor, a pupil of Raphael. A 15th-century mu…
Begijnhof & Waalse Kerk — The Hof That Nassau Protected
Begijnhof founded c. 1267 by Hendrik V van Schoten and Sofia van Berthout. 29 houses, a chapel, and a herb garden with ~300 plant species. Placed under the per…
Kasteelplein — The Castle Where Orange Lived
1536: Henry III rebuilds the castle into the first Renaissance palace north of the Alps, by Italian architect Tommaso Vincidor. Later rebuilt by William III (1…
Spanjaardsgat — The Gate That Remembers a Peat Boat
Two round towers: Granaattoren (left) and Duiventoren (right), joined by a water gate. Turfschip ruse: 4 March 1590, 72 soldiers under Charles de Héraugière, s…
Haven & Nieuwe Vismarkt — The Harbour That Came Back
Haven of Breda: navigable arm of the river Mark, active as a commercial harbour from medieval times. 'Nieuwe Vismarkt' (new fish market) laid out here after th…
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