Delft is a city in the
Netherlands dating from the 13
th century, located halfway between
Rotterdam and
The Hague. Delft is also a municipality. It has about 96000 inhabitants (2000). Due to the large number of university students at the [
[Delft University of Technology]], the population has a remarkable peak for males at ages between 20 and 30.
Delft is well know for the [Delft blue]? ceramic products. It is the birthplace of scientist Antony van Leeuwenhoek. The painter [Johannes Vermeer]? lived in Delft and used the city as the subject of some of his paintings.
In 1584, during the [Eighty Years War]
? between the United Netherlands and Spain, the leader of the Dutch resistance, [William the Silent]
?, or Willem van Oranje as Dutch people usually call him, was shot to death by [Balthazar Gerards]
? in the hal of the Prinsenhof
? in Delft.
Needs more about tourism.
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