5/5 Federico Mei (Instagram : f. 2 years ago on Google • 441 reviews
Beautiful
place
where
you
can
have
a
nice
break
just
sitting
down
and
enjoying
the
beautiful
architecture
of
the
arcades,
arches,
spiers
etc.
I
enjoyed
my
time
looking
at
the
so
many
particular
of
this
beautiful
building
.
Inside
you
can
find
a
bar
.
From
the
University
of
Utrecht
website
translated
with
Google
Traslate
because
the
website
page
doesn't
work
with
the
English
version
of
the
University
website
:
The
oldest
foundations
of
the
current
Pandhof
date
from
the
end
of
the
14th
century.
The
Pandhof
formed
the
connection
between
the
Dom
Church
and
the
Groot
Kapittelhuis,
part
of
the
current
Academy
Building.
In
addition,
the
Pandhof
was
a
cemetery
and
a
place
for
religious
contemplation.
Because
it
remained
unclear
to
whom
the
Pandhof
belonged
for
quite
some
time,
local
residents
were
able
to
do
their
thing
for
a
long
time.
Nut
trees
were
planted
and
the
courtyard
was
used
for
storing
old
wagons,
raising
chickens
and
drinking
beer.
In
1634
the
'Illustrious
School'
was
founded,
a
school
that
resulted
from
the
ideas
of
the
new
Protestant
church.
Because
students
had
to
walk
via
the
Pandhof
to
the
lecture
halls
in
the
Groot
Kapittelhuis,
the
Pandhof
became
the
'walking
place
of
d'Academie'.
The
walnut
trees
were
cut
down
and
all
local
residents
lost
the
right
of
way.
The
Pandhof
became
the
property
of
the
current
University
of
Utrecht.
However,
it
was
unclear
who
was
responsible
for
the
maintenance
of
the
Pandhof.
Destruction
set
in.
It
was
not
until
1962
that
a
garden
was
laid
out
for
the
first
time
in
the
Pandhof,
designed
by
municipal
architect
Otto.
Otto
devised
the
pavement
with
boulders
and
the
division
into
23
sections.
Unfortunately,
there
was
no
clarity
about
the
responsibility
for
maintenance,
as
a
result
of
which
the
garden
–
once
again
–
deteriorated.
In
1975
law
student
Joke
Frankenhuyzen
asked
the
university
board
for
permission
to
turn
the
garden
into
a
medieval
herb
garden.
Together
with
Sies
Jonkman,
she
was
able
to
transform
and
maintain
the
garden.
Under
Jonkman's
leadership,
the
garden
grew
into
an
ornamental
herb
garden.
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