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Well Castle | |
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Kasteel Well | |
Well, Limburg, the Netherlands | |
Coordinates | 51°33′09″N6°05′20″E / 51.552406°N 6.088936°E |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Owner | Emerson College |
Open to the public | Castle: No Gardens: Yes |
Condition | Restored |
Site history | |
Built | 14th century |
Materials | Brick |
Well Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Well) is a fully restored 14th century medieval castle [1] located in the Dutch province of Limburg, in the small village of Well, The Netherlands. It is located near the border with Germany, and it is approximately 2 hours southeast of Amsterdam. Kasteel Well itself is made up of two buildings: the Main Castle and the voorburcht, or outer castle. There are two courtyards within Kasteel Well. There are also two moats: an inner and outer moat. These moats once provided protection to the castle and today provide a place to swim for many birds including multiple varieties of ducks, black swans, and geese. Kasteel Well's gardens are available for the public to walk around and admire the grounds. Here there are several well-maintained flower beds, shrubbery, fountains, tower ruins, and trees. From time to time, Kasteel Well's third building, a barn, is used for weddings and other events.
Emerson College obtained Kasteel Well in 1988 and since then has been using it to house students participating in a study abroad program. Over the years since it was obtained by Emerson, they have made several renovations, the latest of which added new rooms bringing the student capacity per semester to around 90 students.
Every fall and spring semester, approximately eighty students from Emerson's Boston, Massachusetts, campus live in and take classes at Kasteel Well. The classes at the castle have a European focus. [1] The program is headed by program director Dulcia Meijers, assisted by Rob Dückers, with Chester Lee serving as Assistant Directors.[ citation needed ] Students studying at the castle have class a maximum of four days per week (Monday-Thursday) and therefore have three-day weekends for travel. Therefore, as a part of their education, students are given the chance to travel throughout the European continent on those long-weekends and also participate in two mandatory educational excursions with the faculty and staff of Kasteel Well. Of late, the first of these mandatory educational excursions has been to Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. For several years, due to European Union regulations regarding the duration of stay in the Schengen Region, [2] [ circular reference ] a third excursion was required. Starting in the Spring semester of 2009 however, Emerson shortened their study abroad program at Kasteel Well to fit 90 days exactly, therefore negating the need for and avoiding the cost of an additional excursion.[ citation needed ]
As of 2023, a complete digital re-creation of the castle is available on Fortnite. [3]
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Semester | Excursion 1 | Excursion 2 | Excursion 3 |
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Fall 1999 | Amsterdam | Paris | Florence |
Fall 2001 | |||
Fall 2004 | |||
Fall 2005 | |||
Spring 2006 | Munich | ||
Fall 2006 | London | Prague | London |
Spring 2007 | |||
Fall 2007 | |||
Spring 2008 | Dubrovnik | ||
Fall 2008 | |||
Semester | Excursion 1 | Excursion 2 | |
Spring 2009 | Amsterdam | Prague | |
Fall 2009 | Berlin | ||
Spring 2010 | Prague | ||
Fall 2010 | Berlin | ||
Spring 2011 | Prague | ||
Fall 2011 | Berlin | ||
Spring 2012 | Madrid | ||
Fall 2012 | Berlin | ||
Spring 2013 | Madrid | ||
Fall 2013 | Berlin | ||
Spring 2014 | Madrid | ||
Fall 2014 | Vienna | Bratislava | |
Spring 2015 | Madrid | ||
Spring 2017 | Barcelona | ||
Summer 2022 | Vienna, Budapest | London, Amsterdam | Dublin |
Spring 2023 | Amsterdam | ||
Fall 2023 | Prague | ||
Spring 2024 | Venice |
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