Crow-Step Gable Tower, Maastricht

16 June 2026 · Maastricht

Two brick towers push into an overcast Maastricht sky, their crow-step gables cutting a staircase silhouette that Dutch Renaissance builders made their signature. Stone dressings frame each window precisely — the yellow-painted frames the only concession to colour against deep brown brick. The stepped profile is structural logic and civic statement at once: a skyline built to be read from the street below, and still readable centuries later.