"Lelystad, NL" Lelystad by dromosapien

Intruding on foot from Central Station to Batavia.
Though a very nice walk on a sunny day as you do not know what to expect to see in Lelystad, claimed from the sea.

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* Lelystad
population: 74,000

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Zuil van Lely, Lelystad, Flevoland, NL 2006

- column of Lely

Cornelis Lely (1854-1929) statue
the engineer who conceived and devised the Afsluitdijk*, which locked-out the Zuiderzee to create Flevoland.

artists:
- column: Hans van Houwelingen (1957-)
- statue: Mari Andriessen (1897-1979)

* Afsluitdijk

- enclosing dyke or causeway that created the fresh water lake, the IJsselmeer.

constructed: 1927-33
length: 32 km / 20 miles
material: clay and sand from the Zuiderzee bottom, rocks and willow mats

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Station, Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands 2006

- train station

constructed: 1988
architect: Peter Kilsdonk