Maastricht originated at a ford in the Meuse River, from which it takes its name (Maastricht = Mosa Trajectum = passage through the Meuse). Maastricht has been inhabited continuously for two thousand years,[1] and the city has a long and eventful history, to which the numerous historic buildings and art treasures in churches and museums attest. Internationally, the city gained great fame through the Maastricht Treaty (1992), which created the European Union in its present form and paved the way for the introduction of the euro as the European currency.
The city is often seen as "foreign" in the rest of the Netherlands, mainly because of its peripheral location close to Belgium and Germany, but also because of its atypical landscape, Maasland house construction, anomalous history, complicated language situation, dominance of Catholicism (formerly more so than now), strong emphasis on community life (brass bands, carnival, processions) and alleged Burgundian lifestyle.
My name is Anne.
I regularly go out with my camera. I do so with great pleasure and always find gifts appearing on my screen.
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