The Netherlands is not only famous for its tulips, but
also a windmill. The windmill is a fascinating cultural heritage of other
nations to become Dutch icon as the "Land of Windmills". Finding the
windmills in the Netherlands is not really difficult because typical building
windmills that already exist in the Netherlands since hundreds of years ago are
still widely spread throughout the Netherlands.
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| Tina and her husband in Holand |
Windmills in the Netherlands at the beginning of its
existence around 13th century serves to push the water into the sea in order to
form a new, more extensive land (polders) given geographical territory Dutch
mostly under sea level. With the development of technology, around the 17th
century windmill is used also as a tool that helps in agriculture and
industries such as the manufacture of paper, wood polish, remove the oil from
the seeds, also grind corn.
The number of windmills centuries ago around 10,000 and
now live about 1000 windmills. Most of the existing windmills still function as
well as being a very interesting attraction.
Tina Malinda also has been to Madurodam which is located
in The Hague. You will find many beautiful buildings in miniature at this
place. Madurodam built to commemorate George Maduro, a Dutch cavalry lieutenant
who died in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany on February 9, 1945. George
himself was born in Willemstand, a town on the island of Curacao, Dutch
colonies in Latin America. Before World War II, George is a student at
Faculty of Law, Universiteit Leiden. When Nazi Germany invaded Netherlands in World War II,
George joined the Dutch royal army. Madurodam literally is Maduro dam, built by
parents George with two goals as a charity and as a war memorial. Madurodam was
first opened on July 2, 1952.
