National Geographic Society 3gg Kodachrome by Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Hoorn's Guardian Tower Dreams of Past Glory. Its Clock Has Marked Time for Centuries
During Holland's Golden Age, in the 17th century, cargoes from far places poured onto the quays of Hoorn. To
day the Afsluit dike isolates the village from the sea. Shutters cover long-empty gunports under the tower eaves.
