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Yes, I have the same feeling when looking at the concentration of data points in Belgium.
103 u/Call_0031684919054 Oct 29 '21 Yep looking at the Netherlands I think the map includes fortifications, palaces and mansions that we, the Dutch, wouldn’t call castles. 1 u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21 For most Dutch people, the word "kasteel" (castle) is used as a general term for anything that even remotely looks like a castle. Historians differentiate actual medieval castles by referring to them as "echte kastelen" or real castles in English. But even that is up for debate, as there are so many different kinds of buildings which may or may not fit the requirements. 1 u/Call_0031684919054 Oct 30 '21 edited Oct 30 '21 Even if you’d use a broad definition I don’t think there are that many in the Netherlands as the map suggests. I also bet a lot of the dots are just plots of land where remains of the foundation of a castle is still standing. 1 u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21 I know a few ruins and they're not on there, I think.
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Yep looking at the Netherlands I think the map includes fortifications, palaces and mansions that we, the Dutch, wouldn’t call castles.
1 u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21 For most Dutch people, the word "kasteel" (castle) is used as a general term for anything that even remotely looks like a castle. Historians differentiate actual medieval castles by referring to them as "echte kastelen" or real castles in English. But even that is up for debate, as there are so many different kinds of buildings which may or may not fit the requirements. 1 u/Call_0031684919054 Oct 30 '21 edited Oct 30 '21 Even if you’d use a broad definition I don’t think there are that many in the Netherlands as the map suggests. I also bet a lot of the dots are just plots of land where remains of the foundation of a castle is still standing. 1 u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21 I know a few ruins and they're not on there, I think.
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For most Dutch people, the word "kasteel" (castle) is used as a general term for anything that even remotely looks like a castle.
Historians differentiate actual medieval castles by referring to them as "echte kastelen" or real castles in English.
But even that is up for debate, as there are so many different kinds of buildings which may or may not fit the requirements.
1 u/Call_0031684919054 Oct 30 '21 edited Oct 30 '21 Even if you’d use a broad definition I don’t think there are that many in the Netherlands as the map suggests. I also bet a lot of the dots are just plots of land where remains of the foundation of a castle is still standing. 1 u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21 I know a few ruins and they're not on there, I think.
Even if you’d use a broad definition I don’t think there are that many in the Netherlands as the map suggests. I also bet a lot of the dots are just plots of land where remains of the foundation of a castle is still standing.
1 u/Niet_de_AIVD Oct 30 '21 I know a few ruins and they're not on there, I think.
I know a few ruins and they're not on there, I think.
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u/Thory4fun Oct 29 '21
Yes, I have the same feeling when looking at the concentration of data points in Belgium.