Plein, The Hague
It is located adjacent to the Binnenhof, the meeting place of the States General of the Netherlands; the entrance to the House of Representatives can be found on Plein 2. The Mauritshuis art museum is located on Plein 29.
Plein was originally a garden, forming a part of the Binnenhof castle, residence of the Counts of Holland. It was used to grow vegetables for the court. The garden was surrounded by a ring of canals and intersected by ditches. As a town square, Plein was constructed in 1632 and was inspired by the Place des Vosges in Paris.
A statue of William the Silent, made by Dutch sculptor Lodewyk Royer, was installed in the centre of the square in 1848.
References
- ^ "Adres en route" (in Dutch). House of Representatives. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Address and directions". Mauritshuis. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Plein: van kooltuin tot stadsplein". Geschiedenis van Den Haag (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
External links
Media related to Plein, The Hague at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in Dutch)
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