Muiden Castle Tour

This tour offers a good opportunity to discuss the political development of the Dutch nation, which is synonymous with the rise of Holland and Amsterdam. Muiden's castle, het Muiderslot, located at the mouth of the once-strategic Vecht river, reminds us of Floris V, Count of Holland and rival of the Bishop of Utrecht. His murder in 1296 in het Muiderslot remains cloaked in mystery, but his impact on the dominance of Holland and Amsterdam's development of weak feudal obligations is clear. While many Dutch cities languished in the late Medieval period, Amsterdam flourished, due largely to the benign neglect of Floris V's successor Counts of Holland.

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• amsterdam
• holland
• netherland
• history
• historical
• vacation
• bike
• fiet
• castle
• hisory
• fietspod
• holiday
• educational