Historic Cities
Explore Delft in 1660
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Historic Places, Rebuilt · City reconstruction
Vermeer's Delft, 1660
This walk records Delft six years after the great gunpowder explosion, a compact town of potters, brewers and cloth-workers rebuilding solidly after 1654. You will move from the Schie harbour into the Market beneath the Nieuwe Kerk spire, through tree‑lined canals and streets of smoking kilns, past the leaning tower of the Oude Kerk and the quiet Prinsenhof courtyards that know the House of Orange.
25 scenes, 16 streets, squares and views, 9 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Delft as it stood in 1660 (“Delft”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. View from the Schie
- 2. Rotterdamse Poort
- 3. Koornmarkt Quay
- ↳ Brewer's Copper-Hung Hall · interior
- 4. Wijnhaven Quay
- 5. Voorstraat Potteries
- ↳ Delftware Painting Room · interior
- 6. Nieuwe Delft
- 7. Oude Delft Canal
- ↳ Tiled Burgher Kitchen · interior
- 8. Paardenmarkt
- 9. The Markt
- ↳ Guild of St Luke Meeting Room · interior
- 10. Nieuwe Kerk Spire
- ↳ Choir around William's Tomb · interior
- 11. Town Hall on the Markt
- ↳ Aldermen's Council Chamber · interior
- 12. Burgwal and Beestenmarkt
- 13. Oude Kerk and 'Oude Jan'
- ↳ Nave under the Leaning Tower · interior
- 14. Gemeenlandshuis Delfland
- ↳ Water Board Council Chamber · interior
- 15. Prinsenhof Courtyard
- ↳ Great Stone Chamber · interior
- 16. Oostpoort