Netherlands - Apeldoorn - Het Loo Palace - Royal Stables
Países Bajos - Apeldoorn - Palacio Het Loo - Establos Reales
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The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and his consort Princess Mary. The garden was designed by Claude Desgotz.
Het Loo and its gardens, more ambitious than they were actually executed, in an early-18th-century engraving.
After the elder House of Orange-Nassau had become extinct with the death of William III of England in 1702, he left all his estates in the Netherlands to his cousin Johan Willem Friso of the House of Nassau-Dietz in his Last Will. However, the King of Prussia claimed them, as he also descended from the Princes of Orange, and the Houses of Orange-Nassau and Hohenzollern had, a few generations before, made an inheritance contract. Therefore, most of the older properties, though not including Het Loo, were in fact taken over by the Hohenzollerns, who never lived there. Johan Willem Friso's son, William IV, Prince of Orange, finally took over Het Loo Palace, Soestdijk Palace, as well as Huis ten Bosch Palace near The Hague. His widow later bought back several of the older properties in and around The Hague from Frederick William I of Prussia in 1732.
The palace then remained a summer-residence of the House of Orange-Nassau until the death of Queen Wilhelmina in 1962. In 1960 Queen Wilhelmina had declared that when she died the private estate surrounding the palace would go to the State. She did, however, request that it would be returned to her family if the Dutch were to abolish the monarchy. The former crown properties surrounding the palace became property of the Dutch State in 1962 when Wilhelmina died at Het Loo Palace. Her daughter, Queen Juliana, never lived there, but her younger daughter, Princess Margriet, lived in the right wing until 1975.
The building was renovated between 1976 and 1982. Since 1984, the palace is a state museum open for the general public, showing interiors with original furniture, objects and paintings of the House of Orange-Nassau. It also houses a library devoted to the House of Orange-Nassau and the Museum van de Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden (Museum of the Netherlands Orders of Knighthood's Chancellery) with books and other material concerning decorations and medals. The building is a rijksmonument and is among the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites.
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ESPAÑOL:
El palacio Het Loo (en neerlandés, Paleis Het Loo, «Palacio del bosque») es una residencia real de los Países Bajos. Se encuentra en Apeldoorn, y fue construida entre 1684 y 1686 para el estatúder Guillermo III (futuro rey de Inglaterra). Fue obra conjunta de los arquitectos Jacob Roman, Johan van Swieten y Daniel Marot.
El palacio se construyó inicialmente con el objetivo de ser un pabellón de caza. La línea del edificio muestra claramente la influencia del clasicismo francés, con unas líneas sobrias y simétricas que buscaban una cierta armonía del conjunto sin caer en la ostentación ni la artificiosidad. Del conjunto palaciego destaca especialmente el jardín, proyectado por Daniel Marot, quien se inspiró claramente en Versalles, sobre todo en la parte alta, configurada de forma radial a partir de un eje central, aunque la parte baja del jardín presentaba un conjunto de setos y arboledas típicamente holandés. El diseño de parterres se inspiraba en modelos franceses, pero se alejaba de estos por sus formas más simétricas y un espíritu más sobrio y severo, con la unión de las zonas ornamentales de los arriates con bandas de césped.
En 1960 la reina Guillermina manifestó su intención de ceder el palacio al estado neerlandés tras su muerte, hecho que se produjo en 1962. Tras una cuidadosa restauración, el palacio acoge actualmente un museo dedicado a la Casa de Orange-Nassau, así como el Museum van de Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden (Museo de la Cancillería de las Órdenes de Caballería Neerlandesas).
Netherlands - Apeldoorn - Het Loo Palace - Royal Stables
Países Bajos - Apeldoorn - Palacio Het Loo - Establos Reales
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ENGLISH:
The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and his consort Princess Mary. The garden was designed by Claude Desgotz.
Het Loo and its gardens, more ambitious than they were actually executed, in an early-18th-century engraving.
After the elder House of Orange-Nassau had become extinct with the death of William III of England in 1702, he left all his estates in the Netherlands to his cousin Johan Willem Friso of the House of Nassau-Dietz in his Last Will. However, the King of Prussia claimed them, as he also descended from the Princes of Orange, and the Houses of Orange-Nassau and Hohenzollern had, a few generations before, made an inheritance contract. Therefore, most of the older properties, though not including Het Loo, were in fact taken over by the Hohenzollerns, who never lived there. Johan Willem Friso's son, William IV, Prince of Orange, finally took over Het Loo Palace, Soestdijk Palace, as well as Huis ten Bosch Palace near The Hague. His widow later bought back several of the older properties in and around The Hague from Frederick William I of Prussia in 1732.
The palace then remained a summer-residence of the House of Orange-Nassau until the death of Queen Wilhelmina in 1962. In 1960 Queen Wilhelmina had declared that when she died the private estate surrounding the palace would go to the State. She did, however, request that it would be returned to her family if the Dutch were to abolish the monarchy. The former crown properties surrounding the palace became property of the Dutch State in 1962 when Wilhelmina died at Het Loo Palace. Her daughter, Queen Juliana, never lived there, but her younger daughter, Princess Margriet, lived in the right wing until 1975.
The building was renovated between 1976 and 1982. Since 1984, the palace is a state museum open for the general public, showing interiors with original furniture, objects and paintings of the House of Orange-Nassau. It also houses a library devoted to the House of Orange-Nassau and the Museum van de Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden (Museum of the Netherlands Orders of Knighthood's Chancellery) with books and other material concerning decorations and medals. The building is a rijksmonument and is among the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites.
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ESPAÑOL:
El palacio Het Loo (en neerlandés, Paleis Het Loo, «Palacio del bosque») es una residencia real de los Países Bajos. Se encuentra en Apeldoorn, y fue construida entre 1684 y 1686 para el estatúder Guillermo III (futuro rey de Inglaterra). Fue obra conjunta de los arquitectos Jacob Roman, Johan van Swieten y Daniel Marot.
El palacio se construyó inicialmente con el objetivo de ser un pabellón de caza. La línea del edificio muestra claramente la influencia del clasicismo francés, con unas líneas sobrias y simétricas que buscaban una cierta armonía del conjunto sin caer en la ostentación ni la artificiosidad. Del conjunto palaciego destaca especialmente el jardín, proyectado por Daniel Marot, quien se inspiró claramente en Versalles, sobre todo en la parte alta, configurada de forma radial a partir de un eje central, aunque la parte baja del jardín presentaba un conjunto de setos y arboledas típicamente holandés. El diseño de parterres se inspiraba en modelos franceses, pero se alejaba de estos por sus formas más simétricas y un espíritu más sobrio y severo, con la unión de las zonas ornamentales de los arriates con bandas de césped.
En 1960 la reina Guillermina manifestó su intención de ceder el palacio al estado neerlandés tras su muerte, hecho que se produjo en 1962. Tras una cuidadosa restauración, el palacio acoge actualmente un museo dedicado a la Casa de Orange-Nassau, así como el Museum van de Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden (Museo de la Cancillería de las Órdenes de Caballería Neerlandesas).