Location: ‘Art Singel 100’. Singel 100, 1015 AD Amsterdam, Países Bajos
Date: Sunday March 22, 2026
Time: 15.00 hours
Organizer: Ateneo Cultural Hispánico de Amsterdam.
Language: Spanish
Entry fee: 7 euros.
Four centuries ago, in 1624 and 1625, all of Europe followed the siege of the city of Breda with utmost interest. In June 1625, after ten months of strangling encirclement, the Italian general Spinola and his tens of thousands of troops, fighting for the king of Spain, forced the surrender of the city.
In his talk, dramatized in a surprising and humoristic fashion, Harry – born and raised in Breda – talks about the historical context of the siege, its propagandistic use in later years and, more in general, about the image of the Spanish in the Low Countries, the lands now occupied by The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.