BeNeLux Royal Palaces

Tatia,Prince_Lieven,Het Loo.Loo can best be translated by the english word  lea meaning an open space in the woods.Just in case to avoid wrong perceptions with the word Loo. :-/

Tatia,Prince_Lieven,Het Loo.Loo can best be translated by the english word  lea meaning an open space in the woods.Just in case to avoid wrong perceptions with the word Loo. :-/

Hahah! LOL Lucien! Thanks for clearing that up!!

Tatia,Prince_Lieven,Het Loo.Loo can best be translated by the english word  lea meaning an open space in the woods.Just in case to avoid wrong perceptions with the word Loo. :-/

;DThank you Lucien, I didn't even know what it meant in Dutch

I post the link to a fabulous foto site.Courtesy to Miss Caroline Raat.It gives excellent views of Het Loo Palace,Het Oude Loo Castle(which is still in use by HM , Her Family and guests during weekends).

Although Het Loo is a State Museum now,the Dutch Royal Family still uses the Palace on several occasions,like fi the baptisings of the Royal offspring,HM The Queen's 60th birthday 6 years ago etc.

Tatia sorry,somehow I can't get it to work,it did on the Benelux board,so this puzzles me

I thought this was the Benelux board Does the site work when you visit it?

http://het_loo.tripod.com/

Tatia,it works now I hope?

Oh yes, sorry, I forgot to post a reply, but it works perfectly now

Like the one started on the French board, here's a thread for pics of palaces from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

I'll start us off:



The Royal Palace in Brussels.

With courtesy to Miss Caroline Raat,I add another treasure:http://www.dutchpalaces.00freehost.com/

Hope it works,enjoy!Regards to all,Lucien.

A view of the Citizen Hall at the Royal Palace,Amsterdam.

The picture was taken during last years Royal Art Award.

http://www.seegerpress-online.de/seegerpress-cgi/topixx?op=preview&ID=109680301&str...

The Palace that was a familiar sight for decades to most Dutch,Soestdijk Palace,from 1937
untill 2004 the Residence of the late Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.

Untill 1934 the Palace was the summer residence of Queen Mother Emma,before her it was the summer residence of Queen Anna Paulowna,néé GrandDuchess of Russia.

http://www.seegerpress-online.de/seegerpress-cgi/topixx?op=preview&ID=1071277306&str...

http://www.seegerpress-online.de/seegerpress-cgi/topixx?op=preview&ID=1071277302&str...

I add a link to a former,wellknown,Royal Palace,Lange Voorhout Palace,once the winter residence of Queen Mother Emma,later the Office of Queen Juliana.In 1962 it was the venue for the Lying in State of Queen Wilhelmina.Until 1979 it was from here the Royal Family left for the State opening of Parliament on the third tuesday of September.

http://www.denhaag.com/tourism/gb/

click on Royal Tour

A wonderfull site of Royal Residences,past and present,including Royal Palace Brussels,and Het Loo.
An extensive site.Enjoy.Lucien.
http://www.daysofroyalty.com/

And this treasure trove:

http://www.europeanroyalresidences.com/

(Former) Royal Palace Kneuterdijk,The Hague,now in use by the Council of State,
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dh043.jpg

(Former)Royal Palace,now museum,Mauritshuis
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dhb437.jpg

http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dhb759.jpg

The Royal Theatre,The Hague,originally build as a Palace(the left wing only-)by Princess Carolina of Orange Nassau,(daughter of Stadtholder Willem IV and Princess Anna of Great Britain and Hanover,Princess Royal)and her husband Karl Christiaan of Nassau-Weilburg.But eventually building stopped due to war with France,and it became a theatre in 1804.
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/ksb.jpg

Palace Lange Voorhout,former Winter residence of Queen Mother Emma,it was in use as a Royal Palace till 1980,as it was then sold by Queen Juliana to the Municipality of The Hague,it now houses a museum

http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dhb159.jpg

another view at Noordeinde Palace,in use as Office of the Queen,with guards on duty due to Ambassadors presenting their Credentials to HM.A sight to admire on wednesdays.
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dhb194.jpg

Office of TTRRHH The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima,next to Noordeinde Palace.The Prince bought the property from his grandmother Queen Juliana and lived there untill 2 years ago as he and his wife moved to the "Eikenhorst Estate".
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dha214.jpg

The medieval Hall of Knights(1235),venue for the Speech from the Throne by HM every third tuesday in september.
The Throne.
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dha849.jpg

an outside view
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dh637.jpg

The Government seat and Parliamentbuildings,this used to be the Palace of the Stadtholders,
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dhb617.jpg

http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dh014-2.jpg
(btw,that's not me in front...)

and another view,the small tower in front is the Office of the Dutch PM,"het torentje"to the left you see part of the Mauritshuis,build by Johan Maurits of Nassau,"The Brazilian"1604-1679,nephew of William the Silent(he founded a colony in Brazil and was its first Governor,untill Brazil was "seized" by the Portuguese...)
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/dha781.jpg