Utrecht Dom Towers (small)

There is one building in Utrecht that’s famous all over the tourist’s guides and

forms the skyline of the city.

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It’s the Dom Tower.

The tower is built on the place where the Romans erected their ’castellum’.

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The tower stands alone now, but was once a part of the Dom Church.

During a disaster in 1674 the church was partly blown away but the tower survived

The Dom Tower is the highest tower of the Netherlands (112,5 meters).

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Of course the tower is subject of more or less touristic souvenirs.

One of them are the “Domtorentjes” (Dom towers), chocolate with a cream centre and can be bought in the shopping street close to the Dom Tower.

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In the future more (serious) facts about the Dom in this weblog.