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Het Loo Palace, The Netherlands
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Facade of the palace © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
Het Loo Palace
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Aerian view, by 1990 © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
Het Loo Palace
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View of the garden © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
Het Loo Palace
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The fountain of Venus © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
Het Loo Palace
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The Big Room or Courtroom, © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
Het Loo Palace
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Bedroom of Guillaume III ( 1650-1702 ), Prince of Orange, King of England, © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
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Office of Queen Wilhelmina ( 1880-1962 ), © Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn
Het Loo Palace
Paleis Het Loo is a palace, more than three hundred years old, right in the heart of the Netherlands, close to the town of Apeldoorn. The Palaces of Het loo was built in 1686 and until 1970 served as e hunting lodge and summer residence of members of the House of Oranje, the current Dutch royal family. The former royal residence has been open to the public since in 1984 after undergoing substantial restoration work. The sumptuously furnished interiors give an impression of how the Dutch royal family lived here for three centuries. The reconstructed gardens breathe the atmosphere of their seventeenth century origin with their fountains and elegantly box-lined parterres. The palace’s setting in one of Holland’s most beautiful nature areas makes a visit a real delight at any time of year.
Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum
Koninklijk Park 1
7315 JA Apeldoorn
Email: info@paleishetloo.nl
Website:
www.paleishetloo.nl
Palais Het Loo, a national museum, reflects the historical ties between the House of Orange-Nassauand the Netherlands.
The palace's collections are composed of items on loan from the Royal Family, from the Stichting Historische Verzamelingen van Huis Oranje-Nassau, the Geschiedkundige Vereniging Oranje-Nassau, the Foundation for the Conservation of the Museum of the Chancery of the Netherlands Orders of Knighthood as well as items on loan from private and national collections, donations from Stichting't Konings Loo and the museum's own acquisitions.
The park and the surrounding area are administered by the Ministry of Finance and the forestry service of Her Majesty The Queen.
The characteristic feature of the formal 17th century garden is the strict symmetry of the lay out. Paleis Het Loo garden is an excellent example. A number of parterres are grouped around the central axis and these are planted with closely trimmed box hedges in decorative scroll patterns hence the name broderie parterres. The edging bands or rabatten are filled with a choice selection of annuals and perennials interspersed with topiaried juniper berry bushes so typical of the local Veluwe area. The often rare species were brought from all over the world by the West India and East India companies for William and Mary.
A garden like this must be viewed as a seasonally changing flower and plant exhibition. That’s the reason why the flowers are planted individually rather than in groups so that each species can be properly seen in all its beauty.
At the side of the palace are William and Mary’s private gardens: the King’s garden and the Queen’s garden. Mary’s garden has a serious collection of century-old citrus trees which are on display in tubs between May and October. Their inflorescence, their oranges and orange blossom are a symbol of the House of Orange.
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