{"id":15362,"date":"2018-04-07T22:51:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T20:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/plek\/gouvernement-aan-de-maas\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:20:56","slug":"government-building-on-the-meuse","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/government-building-on-the-meuse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Romans brought coins"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[97],"class_list":["post-15362","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-fun-facts"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":373,"kleur":"#94c249","adres":{"address":"Limburglaan 10, Maastricht, Netherlands","lat":50.83862509999999,"lng":5.7010804000000235},"straatnaam":"Limburgerlaan 10","postcode":"6229 GA","plaats":"Maastricht","website":"www.limburg.nl","website_url":"https:\/\/www.limburg.nl\/bestuur\/","hotspot_naam":"Gouvernement aan de Maas, Maastricht","afbeelding":7105,"contactpersonen":"","email":"","telefoon":"","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"The Limburg Parliament is located in the Government Building on the Meuse. At its head is the King\u2019s Commissioner, who in Limburg is called the Governor. The government island where the parliament meets symbolically stands in the Meuse River, reflecting the river\u2019s great importance for the province.\r\n\r\nIt was here in 1992 that the famous Maastricht Treaty was signed. This historic treaty marked the beginning of the European Union as we know it today. Several of the signatory countries also decided to adopt a common currency: the euro.\r\n\r\nWith the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, history repeated itself. Regions were united under a common administration, and a currency was introduced. This is exactly what the Romans had already done two thousand years ago when they occupied this region. The Romans were, in fact, the very first to introduce coinage here.","slideshow":[7609,6601,6604,6607],"ontdekken_video_box":{"ontdekken_video_titel":"","ontdekken_video_paragraaf":"","ontdekken_video_iframe":""},"ontdekken_360_box":{"ontdekken_360_titel":"","ontdekken_360_paragraaf":"","ontdekken_360_iframe":""},"doen":null,"weten":[{"vraag":"Tongeren the capital?","antwoord":"<p class=\"p1\">Today, the provincial government of Limburg resides in the Government Building in Maastricht. In Roman times, however, the borders were very different: Mosae Trajectum (Roman Maastricht) belonged to the province of Belgica, with present-day Tongeren as its capital (and later to the province of Germania Inferior). The Via Belgica runs straight from Tongeren to Maastricht. The Romans\u2019 extensive road network, stretching across all of Europe, required careful organization \u2013 all managed from the provincial administration.<\/p>"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/15362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plek"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6607"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6604"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6601"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=15362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}