Urban development, Lower Town (bottom) and city center (top) of Nijmegen, Gelderland, the Netherlands

Nijmegen, Urban development. During the final years of the second World War, a great part of the city center (but not the Lower Town) was destroyed. The post-war rebuilding effort from the 1950's can be regarded as a compromise between the traditional and the modernistic approach to cityplanning, retaining the essence of the historic street pattern but using a modern architectural language..© 6 aug 2016 Marco van Middelkoop/Aerophoto-Schiphol