<p>Former City Hall of Brielle. 
Markt/Koopmanstraat.
</p><p>‘Libertatis Primitiae’ which means ‘First People in Freedom’
Foundations of the building date from 1450, the building itself was built in 1791.
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The history of Brielle as a fortified town goes back to 1306. In 1568 catholic Spain started a war with protestant Holland. At 1 April 1572 protestant rebels (in Dutch: Geuzen) captured Brielle ‘in name of Oranje’ (to Prince William of Orange who led the Dutch army). For the first time Spanish occupiers were evicted from a Dutch city. The war ended at 1648 with the complete defeat of Spain.
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