The Koningsdijk, located between the Spanish Quarter, a district of De Klinge, and Kieldrecht, was built after the Peace of Münster in 1648. This treaty ended the Eighty Years’ War between the Netherlands and Spain. In 1664, the border between the northern and southern Netherlands was definitively established
De Koningsdijk, gelegen tussen het Spaans Kwartiertje , een wijk van De Klinge, en Kieldrecht, werd gebouwd na de Vrede van Münster in 1648. Met dit verdrag liep de Tachtigjarige Oorlog tussen de Nederlanden en Spanje ten einde. In 1664 werd de grens tussen de noordelijke en de zuidelijke Nederlanden definitief.
St Willibrordus is a basilica located in the center of the fortress city of Hulst in the east of Zeelandic Flanders, the Netherlands. The church is dedicated to the missionary St. Willibrord. The church contains the painting The Good Samaritan by Jan Baptist Maes (1794–1856) from Ghent. Source Wiki
St Willibrordus Basilica
What is a basilica?
The term “basilica” has its origin in the Roman Empire dating back to the first century. It was mainly an architectural word referring to the basic layout of a civic building. It was in in 313 after the Edict of Milan that basilicas began to take on religious meaning. The Roman basilicas provided all of the architectural needs of the church and the structure was adopted – the basic layout can still be seen in many churches, cathedrals and basilicas today.
In order for a church to become a basilica, it must be recommended to the Vatican, which then considers aspects of the church such as liturgy, sacraments, size, renown, beauty, mission and others in order to judge if the church is worthy of becoming a basilica.
