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Kasteel Den Halder
constructed: 1381, it began as a defensive tower
expanded: 1635
location: along the Geul river
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* Valkenburg, population: 6,000
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constructed: 1281 and later expanded
- restored: 1904
- architect: Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers (1827-1921)
- castle of falcons
constructed: c. 1100 as a tower
builder: Gosewijn I van Heinsberg
destroyed: 1122, by Henry V (1086-1125) German & Roman Emperor
reconstructed: 1150-1350
builders: Heren van Valkenburg / Dukes of Valkenburg
destroyed: 1672, by Stadhouder Willem III (1650-1702) to keep it out of French possession
current use: tourist attraction since 1863
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