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(population 71,797 in 2004) is a city in the western Netherlands , in the province of South Holland .
Gouda, which was granted City Rights in 1272 , is famous for its Gouda Cheese , Smoking Pipe s and its 15th Century town hall.

The town takes its name from the Van der Goude family, who built a fortified Castle alongside the banks of the Gouwe River, from which the family took its name. The area, originally Marshland , developed over the course of two centuries. By 1225 , a canal was linked to the Gouwe and its estuary was transformed into a harbor.


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NATIVES OF GOUDA


  • Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536), philospher, humanist (his place of birth is a toppic of debat; some people believe that Erasumus was born in Rotterdam. Erasmus, however, wasn't proud on being Dutch at all.)

  • Adriaan Vlacq (1600-1667), mathematician and publisher.

  • Pieter Johannes Van Rhijn (1886—1960), astronomer.



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