Difference between revisions of "Noordeinde Palace"
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| − | '''Huis ten Bosch Palace''' in [[The Hague]] was originally built as a summer residence for Amalia van Solms. She was very involved in the building process, supported by the palace’s architect Pieter Post and advised by Constantijn Huygens, her husband’s secretary. However, her husband died during construction and she had the palace changed into a mausoleum, in his memory.
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| − | The palace, acquired by the [[Knootcap]] family, was not used by the Stewards for a long time and a plan for it to be pulled down was frustrated only at the last moment. ''Princess'' Amalia of Knootcap (See: [[Nineteenth century Knootoss]]) stayed there occasionally when she had to be in The Hague on government business but she was mostly abroad. After a restauration, the palace fell into disrepair again.
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| − | After anoher major restoration in the early twenty-first centry, Prime Minister Vogels chose Huis ten Bosch Palace as a site for diplomatic meetings. Since then, it has been used for bilateral talks, notably in preparation for [[Operation Tempo Doeloe]]
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Revision as of 14:52, 19 October 2004
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