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A remarkable house built by Pope Adrianus VI in Utrecht.
Located at the corner of the Kromme Nieuwegracht canal and the Sint Pieter and Achter de Dom streets, this house is definitely worth a visit. It has a picture of a saint on its façade and a strange, stepped gable with a small masonry column on each step. Finally, a last characteristic, horizontal white stripes on its facade all over its surface, strips called colloquially layers of bacon. This house was built around 1500 by the only pope the Netherlands ever had, Adrianus VI, who deserves a short biography. Adrianus was born in Utrecht. The son of a businessman, he studied at Louvain, then became a teacher and advisor to Emperor Karel V. He gradually rose through the ranks, from bishop to cardinal, and managed the rare feat of becoming pope... against his will, it seems. Of course, this had a great impact in Utrecht, where the population let their joy explode in drinking and antics worthy of the Roman orgies. Music and dancing were everywhere, wine flowed freely, bread was distributed to the poor. But Rome did not easily accept that one of these barbarians from the North, without any title of nobility, was imposed as pope, with reformist tendencies, in particular concerning the budget which Adrianus judged wasted by too many jobs of convenience. A year after his election, Adrianus VI died, despite his apparent good health. Many claimed that he had been poisoned.
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