History

In the past two weeks we have seen, visit and experienced a lot in Friesland. We have a good image about some things that are important to Friesland.

History

In the Provence House you can go back to the roots of Friesland, because in the Statenzaal there are paintings of the 'history' of Friesland.

Painting of St. Bonifatius                                Frisians are getting knighted

The paintings are about important moments in the history of Friesland. Interesting to know is how the Frisians look at their history. Because St. Bonifatius was killed by Frisians, but the painting shows how the Frisians are carefully listening to him. Here the Frisians look at him with pride. 

It's an example of how proud the Frisians are of their history.



Old meets new in the Provence house



An other example we can find in the archives of Tresoar. Here all of the Frisian history is stored. There are books of the university of Franeker. It doesn't excist anymore. I was closed down at the beginning of the 19th century. The books were sold as well. But to secure the Frisian history, Friesland bought it back. An other example of how pride the Frisians are of their history.







Books of the university of Franeker



Another thing the Frisians are proud of is the Planetarium of Franeker. It's special because it's still working. Also it's special because the man who has build it, Eise Eisinga, made it whitout any lectures about it. He didn't went to the university. He was an autodidact. 

Maybe that's another feature about the Frisian identity, they do what they want. They won't let anybody tell them what to do.