Stadskasteel Oudaen - Restaurant en Vergaderlocatie in Utrecht
Medieval brick city castle with battlements, a lofty knights' hall and a brewery in its vaults.
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This guide to Stadskasteel Oudaen in Utrecht, a medieval family stronghold on the Oudegracht, goes back to the winter of fifteen seventy-six, when the city turned against the Spanish garrison in Vredenburg castle and its citizens went looking for places to fire from. It touches on the emperor Charles the Fifth, the States of Utrecht and a French envoy at the peace talks of seventeen thirteen. Best heard on the canal side, looking up at the battlements.
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