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COLORS OF MAASTRICHT — MAASTRICHT 1993 — The interest in urban color projects continued during the 1990s. In March the Sikkens Foundation gave advice to the organization of a conference in Lisbon about the his- torical colors of the city. Lisbon, which was the Cultural Capital of Europe in 1994. They were very interested in what had been achieved in Turin. The Sikkens Foundati- on took the municipal directors from Lisbon to Turin, as well as a delegation from Maastricht. Maastricht has a long history which goes back to Celtic times before the start of the Roman calendar. History is refected in the historical city centre with different Roma- nesque churches and churches in other architectural styles, as well as many squares. The best known square is the Vrijthof, situated close to the Servaas Church, which is named after Saint Servatius, the patron saint of traditionally Catholic Maastricht.Back to index
This was the first Dutch city where a color plan was crea- ted. The Turin team (Tagliasacchi and Zanetta) were in- volved from the very start, as well as the Limburg resto- ration studio and the Central Laboratory in Amsterdam, where art works were technically examined and restorati- on/conservation recommendations were drawn up. They not only gave technical advice, but also contributed their expertise in the field of architectural styles and decora- tive techniques to the project. In addition, Wim Densla- gen was involved in the project, amongst others, as a re- presentative of the Department for Historical Monuments, and Piet Kalsbeek, who also did the historical and analy- tical research into the square in Breda. Another city which was interested in the color expertise of the Sikkens Foundation was Dordrecht. Download text as pdf
