Leersum. Graftombe familie Nellesteijn

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Mausoleum with 14-meter-high observation tower. Internal staircase leads upstairs. Family tomb built in 1818 Cornelis Jan van Nellesteyn, who used to live in the castle Broekhuizen. Architect Jan David Zocher. C. J. van Nellesteyn, widowed, married a housekeeper. This act outraged his children and other relatives. Then he built himself a new house and called it Nieuw Broekhuizen, where, and moved with his new wife and new kids. And to annoy children from his first marriage, he built the tomb. It is located on a high hill Donderberg, and of her estate Broekhuizen clearly visible. So since they had lived - with a view to his future grave .