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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 328697, member: 2844"]Could have been anywhere in the Netherlands. There are different styles in different regions.</p><p>One of my favourite styles is the stolpboerderij of North Holland, in the northwest of the country. Stolpboerderij means 'cloche farm', because the roof looks like the house has been placed under a cloche or food cover:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQV23sXya4Xa97aiXt1kmwbMX1kcH4vb08qqfLLonXfRWMa8WIylw&sp=f832e1f3a425678a4f94b1a259821426&anticache=882573" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is in my region, Brabant, in the south. The lower part of the roof had to be covered with tiles to prevent fire spreading from one roof to another:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRVc_oIBtY1eD9LTq8waY9h_IVv0HyLVHYn7v6BuhgAojwz32jpgw&sp=72de543ad95b0b2a0f06f22b310aae1e&anticache=624722" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 328697, member: 2844"]Could have been anywhere in the Netherlands. There are different styles in different regions. One of my favourite styles is the stolpboerderij of North Holland, in the northwest of the country. Stolpboerderij means 'cloche farm', because the roof looks like the house has been placed under a cloche or food cover: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQV23sXya4Xa97aiXt1kmwbMX1kcH4vb08qqfLLonXfRWMa8WIylw&sp=f832e1f3a425678a4f94b1a259821426&anticache=882573[/IMG] This is in my region, Brabant, in the south. The lower part of the roof had to be covered with tiles to prevent fire spreading from one roof to another: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRVc_oIBtY1eD9LTq8waY9h_IVv0HyLVHYn7v6BuhgAojwz32jpgw&sp=72de543ad95b0b2a0f06f22b310aae1e&anticache=624722[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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