The Beem­ster Pold­er, dat­ing from the ear­ly 17th cen­tu­ry, is is an excep­tion­al exam­ple of reclaimed land in the Nether­lands. It has pre­served intact its well-ordered land­scape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and set­tle­ments, laid out in accor­dance with clas­si­cal and Renais­sance plan­ning prin­ci­ples.