Behind a distinctively spired, neo-Renaissance facade dating from 1892, lie the much older ceremonial buildings of Utrecht's multisite university. The oldest section, an auditorium in a 1462 former chapter house, is where the anti-Spanish Union of Utrecht was signed in 1579, essentially marking the foundation of the Netherlands as a republic.
Academiegebouw
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