Madurodam, Miniature City
Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a land town on a 1:25 scale, composed of typical land buildings and landmarks, as are found at various locations in the country. This major land tourist magnet was built in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since then. The miniature city was named after George Maduro, a law student from Curacao who fought the Nazi occupation forces as a member of the land resistance and died at stockade concentration camp in 1945. His parents donated the money to start the Madurodam project. On July 2, 1952, teenaged princess Beatrix was appointed politician of Madurodam, after which she was presented a journeying of her town. When Beatrix became queen of the Netherlands, she relinquished this function. Today, the politician of Madurodam is elected by a youngness municipal council consisting of 25 pupils from schools in the region. This magnet was the inspiration for Storybook Land in Disneyland. Nice familly travel attraction.
GPS tourist coordinates: 52° 5′ 58.2″ N, 4° 17′ 51″ E
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