The Saint Steven church and the Buttercup on the market square of Nijmegen by Jeroen de Jongh Photography

About "The Saint Steven church and the Buttercup on the market square of Nijmegen"

by Jeroen de Jongh Photography

About the artwork

Nijmegen is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland, close to the border with Germany. The city is largely located on the south bank of the river Waal, at the foot of a lateral moraine. Nijmegen has a long history that goes back more than 2000 years. As Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum it received market rights around the year 100. In 1230 Nijmegen became a free imperial city, and in 1402 a Hanseatic city. After Nijmegen had already housed a Quaternary Academy between 1655 and 1679, the city has been a university city since the arrival of the Catholic University (the present Radboud University) in 1923.

The Grote Markt is the large square in the centre of the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The square has known many names in history, including Cruys Marct, presumably derived from a cross that stood there as a symbol of market law. In the Second World War the square was situated in the middle of the area that was most severely hit by the bombardment of Nijmegen. The square has several buildings that are designated as national monuments, including the Boterwaag, the Sint-Stevenspoortje and several residential buildings with shops.

The Boterwaag is a Nijmegen weigh house located at the Grote Markt and built around 1612-1613 to a design by Cornelis Janssen van Delft. Its Renaissance forms are reminiscent of Hendrick de Keyser's style. The building was restored in 1886 by Jan Jacob Weve. The city weighhouse was located on the right (west) side of the building. On the g