| Martenahuis | |
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Martenahûs | |
 Martenahuis | |
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| Alternative names | Martenastins |
| General information | |
| Status | Museum |
| Type | Stins |
| Address | Voorstraat 35, 8801 LA |
| Town or city | Franeker, Friesland |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 53°11′11″N 5°32′32″E / 53.18639°N 5.54222°E |
| Named for | Hessel van Martena |
| Year(s) built | 1502[1] |
| Designations | Rijksmonument (nr. 15756) |
| Website | |
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The Martenahuis or Martenastins (West Frisian: Martenahûs) is a stins (estate) in the centre of the Dutch city of Franeker, Friesland. The building is located on the Voorstraat. The Martenahuis dates from 1502 when it was built by order of the chieftain Hessel van Martena. Since 2006, Museum Martena has been housed in the building.
- ^ Gerrits 2009, p. 42.: "Zoals uit het artikel van Rita Mulder-Radetzky [...] blijkt, werd Martenahuis pas in 1502 gebouwd en niet in 1498, zoals meestal aangenomen wordt. Gezien de wel erg lange tijd tussen de eerste vermeldingen van Hessel van Martena te Franeker en de bouw van Martenahuis, is het aannemelijk dat Hessel eerder ook al een (versterkt) huis in Franeker bezat." (transl. "As the article by Rita Mulder-Radetzky [...] shows, Martenahuis was only built in 1502 and not in 1498, as is usually assumed. Given the very long time between the first mentions of Hessel van Martena in Franeker and the construction of Martenahuis, it is plausible that Hessel also owned a (fortified) house in Franeker earlier.")