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222  WESTERN NE THERLANDS

5 Street-by-Street: The Hague

The village of Die Haghe (“the hedge”) grew around
the Binnenhof (inner courtyard), which has been an
important political centre since the 13th century.
The princes of Orange, the upper classes and an
extensive diplomatic corps gave instructions for
palaces and mansion houses to be built, and a stroll
across the Voorhout or along the Hofvijver will still
evoke its aristocratic charm. The Hague today is
represented by the new Spuikwartier (Spui district),
with the city hall by Richard Meier and the Lucent
Danstheater by Rem Koolhaas. To the west, the dunes L A N G E V O O R H O U T
and many parks and woods are still reminiscent of
the country estate it once was.
LANGE VOORHOUT

. Escher in Het Paleis
A permanent exhibition of the graphic
artist Maurits Cornelis Escher can be H O G E N I E U W S T R A A T
visited in the Paleis Lange Voorhout,
where Queen Emma and Queen
Wilhelmina once lived. L A N G E V I J V E R B E R G

Gevangenpoort
The Dutch lion adorns KNEUTERDIJK
the façade of the
Ge vangenpoort
(prison gate), originally
the main gate of the
14th-century castle of
the counts of Holland.
From the 1400s, it was
used as a prison.

H O F W E G

Key
Recommended route

0 metres 50
Galerij Prins Willem V
This was the first public art gallery 0 yards 50
in the Netherlands.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp397–8 and pp410–11

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