{"id":14181,"date":"2023-02-27T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/bas-vervuurt-vriend-van-via-belgica\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:57:26","slug":"bas-vervuurt-vriend-van-via-belgica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/bas-vervuurt-vriend-van-via-belgica\/","title":{"rendered":"Bas Vervuurt, Friend of Via Belgica"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":{"categorie":42,"afbeelding":10018,"auteur":"Harry Lindelauf","fotografie":"Philip Driessen","contentbuilder":[{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst","tekst":"Who, besides Marcus Agrippa, worked on the Via Belgica back in the day, we will never know for sure. But we do know who is putting the Roman past on the map today: the Friends of Via Belgica. Entrepreneurs, volunteers, institutions, and governments alike. By joining forces, they are turning the Via Belgica into a true road of connection. We would like to introduce you to some of these Friends. This time: Bas Vervuurt of the Kunrader Quarry."},{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst_quote","tekst":"

\u201cEvery time I hold pieces of Kunrader stone in my hands, I\u2019m reminded of the Romans. When I think about it, it\u2019s actually amazing that they managed to achieve the same things we do today\u2014without our modern tools and machines. They were clever, too: for the Thermenmuseum they quarried stone from the Putberg. That way, they only had to haul it downhill with their carts.\u201d Bas laughs. But anyone who tries to move a cubic meter of Kunrader stone quickly understands why: such a load weighs 1,800 kilos.<\/p>","quote":"\"It is amazing that the Romans managed to accomplish this\"","naam":"Bas Vervuurt"},{"acf_fc_layout":"foto_tekst","foto":10021,"tekst":"

3D printers<\/h3>\r\nWhere exactly the Romans quarried their Kunrader stone is not known. What we do know is that the site lay lower on the slope than the current quarry. We also know that the same layers of stone surface in other places.\r\n\r\n\u201cJust a stone\u2019s throw from our quarry on the Bergseweg in Voerendaal, the Romans extracted stone for their houses and bathhouses. Besides the Putberg, there was also a quarry in Craubeek.\u201d With that stone, the Romans built the Villa Ten Hove in Voerendaal. Time seems to have no grip on Kunrader stone. In addition to its traditional use as a building material, experiments are underway to process the stone dust in 3D printers. It is also being used as a pigment for paints.\r\n

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