Devonshire's East Devon digital magazine November December 2018
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Tulips & Windmills<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
Early in the year, leaves yet to sprout on the trees, bicycles stacked up on the railings - you must<br />
remember to be careful crossing, bicycles creep up on you silently from all directions.<br />
Reliquary<br />
decorated with<br />
Christ, saints<br />
and angels of<br />
gilded copper,<br />
inlaid glass<br />
and enamel<br />
originating from<br />
Limoges, circa<br />
1200-1250.<br />
Body Worlds<br />
If you've an eye for the<br />
gruesome, then a visit to<br />
Body Worlds (right) is highly<br />
recommended. Human bodies<br />
dissected, arteries and muscle<br />
tissue replaced with resin,<br />
showing the physiology of<br />
the human body in gruesome<br />
detail - an absolute must!<br />
Rijksmuseum<br />
The most visited museum in<br />
the Netherlands, the Rijksmuseum<br />
is the Dutch national<br />
museum. It was opened in<br />
2013 after a ten year renovation<br />
project costing €375<br />
million. The Rijksmuseum<br />
should figure highly on your<br />
list when visiting Amsterdam.<br />
Above and below, a couple of<br />
the exhibits from the museum.<br />
One of the selection of early Dutch paintings at Rijks Museum<br />
Your eyes don't deceive you, stripped<br />
of skin and fat, an actual cadaver<br />
painstakingly preserved to show the<br />
physiology of the human body.<br />
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Countryside, History, Walks, the Arts, Events & all things <strong>Devon</strong> at: DEVONSHIRE <strong>magazine</strong>.co.uk
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