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Alkmaar is a town and municipality within the Netherlands, placed in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For vacationers, it's far a famous cultural destination. The earliest mention of the call Alkmaar is in a 10th-century report. As the village grew into a city, it become granted town rights in 1254. The oldest a part of Alkmaar lies on an historic sand bank that afforded a few protection from inundation all through medieval times. Even so, it's miles simplest a couple of metres above the encircling vicinity, which consists of some of the oldest polders in life.

Older spellings consist of Alckmar. In 1573 the city underwent a siege by means of Spanish forces below the management of Don Fadrique, son of the Duke of Alva. The residents sent pressing messages for assist to the Prince of Orange; he responded by using promising to open the floodgates of the dykes and flood the region if the need arose, which in spite of the protestations of the peasantry, worried for his or her harvest, he proceeded to do.

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