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Famous hotel Kurhaus, Scheveningen!

The Kurhaus is a prominent building located in Scheveningen, The Hague in The Netherlands .
It was built between 1884 and 1885 by the German architects Johann Friedrich Henkenhaf and Friedrich Ebert (architect). It consisted originally of a concert hall and a hotel with 120 rooms. Having suffered serious damage by fire, it was rebuilt between 1886 and 1887. The ceilings were painted by the Brussels artist Van Hoeck and his large workshop. Several kings and heads of state sojourned in the Kurhaus during its heyday. Until the 1960s the Kurhaus remained an attraction to the public by the many performances of top artists. One of the last performances was by the Rolling Stones in 1965.
Fallen into disrepair and closed in 1969, the Kurhaus was saved from demolition in 1975 by being listed as a historical building. It is now completely renovated into the high-class Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel (the only hotel in the Netherlands of the German hotel chain Steigenberger Hotel Group) and casino.

Where you can have a delicious High Tea
with a direct
view on the North Sea!

Delft!

Square in Delft!

Grote Markt, Delft!

Old houses near the Grote Markt!

Canal with some beautiful old houses!

Malcesine, Lake Garda!

One day in summer we were in Malcesine. It was very hot, 34 Celsius. Most people, mainly tourists, were sitting near the water or in the shade of the restaurants. Malcesine is a beautiful little village near Lake Garda, where you also can take a bus boat to the other side of the lake. 

Malcesine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km northwest of Venice and about 40 km northwest of Verona.
Malcesine lies on the shores of Lake Garda.
Its most prominent landmark is the Castello Scaligero, which has 13th-century fortifications and an older medieval tower. Remnants of an Etruscan tomb have been found within the castle walls. The castle was fortified by the della Scala family who ruled the region throughout the 13th century.
Other sights include the pieve of St. Stephen (8th century), the church of Santa Maria di Navene (11th century)
In 1786, Goethe was questioned by the local magistrate on suspicion of being a spy while drawing sketches of the castle.
Behind Malcesine rises the 1750 m-high Monte Baldo. Its summit is reachable through funivia, or cable car.
(bron: wikipedia)

Monte Baldo!

Milestones from the Roman period!

Near my home town old Roman milestones

have been found in excavations!

De mijlpalen stonden aan een Romeinse weg, die vanaf de kust bij Naaldwijk naar de Romeinse stad Forum Hadriani liep. Het was een standaard Romeins gebruik om langs de hoofdwegen om de Romeinse mijl een paal te plaatsen die de afstand naar de dichtstbijzijnde stad aangaf en bovendien de keizer eerde tijdens wiens regering de weg was aangelegd of gerepareerd. Hiervoor werd een lange inscriptie op de paal aangebracht met de naam van de keizer en al zijn eretitels. Aan de hand van de functies die een keizer een bepaald jaar bekleedde kan een mijlpaal gedateerd worden.

The milestones were on a Roman road leading from the coast near Naaldwijk to the Roman town Forum Hadriani. It was a standard Roman practice, along the main roads to the Roman mile pole for holding a distance to the nearest town and was also to honour the emperor during whose reign the road was constructed or repaired. For this was a long inscription on the pole providing the name of the emperor and all his honors. On the basis of the functions that an emperor held a given year a milestone is dated.

Milestone of Monster!

Replica Roman milestone found at the same
place were it is standing now in The Hague,
near Wateringen.

Snowy picture!

Nice winter landscape!