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Maasricht - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwbasiliek

City: Maastricht is a city located in the South of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is spread over both sides of the river Meuse. The city has a long history. Already in the Celtic period (500 years BC) people were living here. Maastricht is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. It describes itself as an industrial city, a ceramics city, a University City and a Congress city. In Maastricht there are literally hundreds of places of interest and monumental buildings to visit.

 

Building: The basilica O.L.V. is located on the site of 'Onze Lieve Vrouweplein'. In regional dialect the church is named 'Slevrouwe'. It is build in romancism style, dated from the 11th century.

 

Object: Also here we can find the Divine Name, in the form of the Tetragrammaton.

 

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