Vrijthof

Vrijthof is a massive city rectangular within the centre of Maastricht, Netherlands. The square developed from an historic Roman and Frankish cemetery into a semi-private space that belonged to the Collegiate Church of Saint Servatius. In the nineteenth century it became the city's main rectangular. It is surrounded by means of essential history homes, museums, a theatre and a number accommodations, restaurants and bars. The rectangular is regularly used for public activities. Archaeological excavations have proven that the region of the contemporary square changed into used as a burial website for the reason that late Roman duration.

Several huge cemeteries from the early Middle Ages were excavated in 1969-70, previous to the construction of an underground automobile park. The ebook of the lots of artifacts has only lately started. Further excavations on the north side of the rectangular in 2003 discovered the stays of thirteen layers of the ancient Roman avenue, the so-called Via Belgica, an critical course between Boulogne Sur Mer at the English Channel and the town of Cologne at the river Rhine.