estates
Most visitors come to 's-Graveland for it's magnificent 17th-century estates Dutch: buitenplaats or landerij. 's-Graveland became a popular village among rich traders from Amsterdam in the Dutch Golden Age, who constructed, bought or inherited large estates at the eastern side of the 's-Gravelandse Vaart, which used to be an important canal that connected Amsterdam with Hilversum. As the road wasn't hardened on most places, boat transportation was popular at that time. Now most of the property is owned by Natuurmonumenten, an organization that buys, protects and manages nature reserves in the Netherlands. It's not a co-incidence that the organization has it's headquarters in 's-Graveland.
Some estates of notable interest:
Bantam
Boekesteyn
Gooilust
Hilverbeek
Land en Bosch
Schaep en Burgh
Schoonoord
Spanderswoud
Sperwershof
Spiegelrust
Schaep en Burgh
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