All About Royal Families

Our 3rd. Royal Palace visit took place on January 7th. 2024 in The Hague.  Then we visited the Lange Voorhout Palace and the exhibition "Escher in het Paleis".  Some History The Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague was designed in 1760 by the architect Pieter de Swart for Anthony Patras (1718-1764), a deputy to the States General of the Netherlands. In 1796 the mansion was bought by Archibald Hope (1747-1821), a manager of the Dutch West India Company.  Archibald was a cousin of Henry Hope and Jan Hope and involved in the family banking business. In 1808 his wife died.  Napoleon and his wife on their travels through the First French Empire used it one night. The inventory was sold in December 1821 and lasted more than two weeks.  The building was bought by Renaud Diederick James de Ginkell, 7th Earl of Athlone (1773–1823), married to a daughter of John Williams Hope. In 1831 the Minister of Foreign Affairs Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845) moved in. He had an enorm

Town Hall of Amsterdam  Source picture: Wikipedia On 3 February 2018, Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands hosted a B-day party at the Royal Palace on the Dam in Amsterdam. This event marked the significance of this magnificent Royal Building. picture: flower Market of Amsterdam with the  Royal Palace on the background Source: Wikipedia Location The Royal Palace of Amsterdam is located at the Dam Square in Amsterdam, capital of The Netherlands. This square really is the city's heart. There are a few other important sites of interests on the Dam: - Monument in honour of Dutch victims of War; - Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), ... own picture of the Palace of Amsterdam taken in 2017 scale model of the Royal Palace of Amsterdam - own picture taken in 2017 Some building history The Royal Palace of Amsterdam has a remarkable history. It first was built as the Town Hall of the City of Amsterdam. This was opened on 29 July 1655 by Cornelis