Voerendaal ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvuːrə(n)daːl] ; Limburgish : Voelender ) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands .
3-401: [REDACTED] Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voerendaal, June 2015 The Romans left the ruins from a Roman villa rustica as a legacy. In 1049 pope Leo IX initiated the Catholic Church - Sint Laurentiuskerk. During medieval times many castles were built: Cortenbach , Haeren , Puth , Rivieren and Terworm . Also castles such as Hoenshuis and Overst Voerendaal . The area
6-453: The vast majority of Roman villas . In some cases they were at the centre of a large agricultural estate, sometimes called a latifundium . The adjective rustica was used only to distinguish it from a much rarer sub-urban resort villa , or otium villa built for purely leisure and luxury, and typically located in the Bay of Naples . The villa rustica would thus serve both as a residence of
9-502: Was mined for marl (mergel in Dutch) and coal . Railway Station: Klimmen-Ransdaal , Voerendaal This Dutch Limburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Villa rustica Villa rustica ( transl. farmhouse or countryside villa ) was the term used by the ancient Romans to denote a farmhouse or villa set in the countryside and with an agricultural section, which applies to
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