Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Crusades / Kruistochten Catharijneconvent Utrecht (29-12-2005)

Rating:★★★★
Category:Other
The Catharijneconvent is an old monastery and is now used as a religious museum. It has always been one of my favorites because it has some very interesting objects. Next year it will be closed for a while to make the exhibition rooms up to date again so this expo about the Crusades is the last for now.

Ofcourse I know quite a lot about the crusades already but there's always something new and interesting to see and learn about those days. And I'm happy to say that I did learn some new things ;-)
And we've also seen some pretty objects and heard some nice music from that time.

Hopefully next year will bring another nice exhibit so we have a reason to visit the museum again ;-) Oh, and the museum has a nice shop too!
Check their site (Dutch!) for info: www.catharijneconvent.nl
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3 comments:

  1. Hettie FunJanuary 4, 2006 at 7:35 AM

    Wow, looks very interesting.
    Unfortunately, I've missed this one.
    Petty, because I also like the subject very much (Crusades)

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  2. Mark BJanuary 4, 2006 at 9:59 AM

    The medical tools of the muslims at that time are impressive, and they had a lot of them in the museum!

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  3. Hettie FunJanuary 5, 2006 at 2:35 AM

    Yes, the muslims had a lot of knowledge and science.
    And they were a lot more tolerant then the crusaders.
    At least the Knights Templar had learned something over there...

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