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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

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Bilthoven

Also known as

Bilt'oven
Bilthovenas
Μπιλτχόβεν
Билтховен
Билтховен
Билтховен

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Connected to

birthplace ofBastiaan Poortenaar1968 CE
place of death ofDésirée Louise Anna Ernestine von Halban1912 CE
place of death ofEduard Jan Dijksterhuis1892 CE
birthplace ofFerdi Vierklau1973 CE
birthplace ofJaap Leemhuis1941 CE
place of death ofKoos Verdam1915 CE
place of death ofMartinus J. G. Veltman1931 CE

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