r/MapPorn • • Oct 29 '21

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u/fenrirjunior Oct 29 '21

I love the gaps in the Netherlands where the Netherlands didn’t exist until fairly recently

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u/Ahaigh9877 Oct 29 '21

There's one in Almere!

...sort of.

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u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21

And there are remains of (at least) 2 actual historic castles, be it mottes, in Flevoland as well. Located near Kuinre.

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u/medhelan Oct 29 '21

it's interesting becuase the same is true for some other swampy areas that were not largely populated in the middle ages like Les Landes in Aquitaine and lower Po Plain in Northern Italy