"The transnational serial property encompasses four settlements; cultural landscapes with one colony in Belgium and three in The Netherlands. Together they bear witness to a 19th century experiment in social reform, an effort to alleviate urban poverty by establishing agricultural colonies in remote locations. Established in 1818, Frederiksoord (the Netherlands) is the earliest of these colonies and home to the original headquarters of the Society of Benevolence, an association which aimed to reduce poverty at the national level. Other components of the property are the colonies of Wilhelminaoord and Veenhuizen, in the Netherlands, and Wortel in Belgium. As the colonies’ small farms yielded insufficient revenues, the Society of Benevolence sought other sources of revenue, contracting with the State to settle orphans, soon followed by beggars and vagrants, leading to the creation of “unfree” colonies, such as Veenhuizen, with large dormitory type structures and larger centralized farms for them to work under the supervision of guards. The colonies were designed as panoptic settlements along orthogonal lines. They feature residential buildings, farm houses, churches and other communal facilities. At their peak in the mid-19th century, over 11,000 people lived in such colonies in the Netherlands. In Belgium their number peaked at 6,000 in 1910. "
Source: UNESCO World Heritage
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Colony Wilhelminaoord in Drenthe, Netherlands is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2021. Thanks to Jarina of Netherlands. Postmarkd Zwolle, written on August 5, 2021 and arrived in Penang island on September 8, 2021.
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Colonies of Benevolence at Veenhuizen, Netherlands - a 2021 inscribed UNESCO World Heritage site. This nice postcard with UNESCO WHS stamps used was sent on August 5, 2021 and arrived in Penang island on September 9, 2021. Thanks so much to Jarina of Netherlands.
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