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Handmade stage base
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I created this aluminum base today, making use of some scrap element from the shop scrap box. It is not completed but, since I have to cut it for the needed length and attach the bracket for micrometer head.
I am also going to make some holes there to be capable to attach it to a tripod with common 1/4" screw. In addition, there must be some holes or slots to lessen weight and bulk.
Roadtrip to Castle Loevestein
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Loevestein
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Slot Loevestein
Poederoijen, the Netherlands
Slot Loevestein
The Netherlands
Type
Castle
Coordinates
51.8164°N 5.0214°E
51.8164°N five.0214°ECoordinates: 51.8164°N 5.0214°E
Constructed
1361
Built by
Dirc Loef van Horne
Current
situation
Excellent
Open to
the public
Yes
Slot Loevestein (1621)
Castle Loevestein (Slot Loevestein in Dutch) is a medieval castle built by the knight Dirc Loef van Horne (therefore "Loef’s stein" ((stone)) property) in between 1357 and 1397.
Till the Second World War Loevestein Castle was element of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie, the primary Dutch defense line that was primarily based on flooding an location of land south and east of the western provinces. At present the castle is utilised as a medieval museum and function centre.
History
Aerial view of Loevestein Castle.
It was built in a strategic place in the middle of the Netherlands, where the Maas and Waal rivers come together (just west of current day villages Poederoijen and Brakel, in the municipality of Zaltbommel, in Gelderland). At very first it was a basic square brick constructing, used to charge toll from trading vessels employing the rivers. In the 16th century (about 1575, orders provided by William the Silent) it was expanded to a bigger fortress surrounded by earthen fortifications with some stone bastions on the northern side, two moats, an arsenal, and housing for a commander and soldiers.
It changed hands twice amongst the Northern Dutch and the Spanish (December 9, 1570 it was taken by the Geuzen, ten days later Spanish once more, and from June 25, 1572 Dutch till this day), the warring parties of the day. The castle quickly (from 1619) became a prison for political prisoners. A single popular inmate was the eminent lawyer, poet and politician Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius) typically presented as the "father of contemporary international law", who was serving a controversially imposed life sentence from 1619.[1] In 1621 Hugo de Groot managed to pull off a daring escape in a book chest. The idea for this escape came from his wife Maria van Reigersberg (also living in the castle).[two] He subsequently became the Swedish Ambassador to France for ten years. One more higher profile inmate was the English Vice-Admiral George Ayscue.
