't Hof by Nathalie_B
In 2005 VTer Urzu was jumping through this court, like a monkey, but in the 16th century this was the place where William of Orange (also known as William the Silent) became the offcial "stadholder" of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. He even lived here for a while, before he moved to his residence in Delft.Het Hof was build as a monastery in the late 13th century, later, during the 80 years war with Spain the sons of William the Silent had their headquarters here. The monastery was later called Princenhof and then renamed to its present name Het Hof, because this was the popular name for it.
About 40 years ago, 't Hof was almost destroyed completely by the city council who owned it by then. Fortunately this idea wasn't accomplished. Instead, the complex was reconstructed thanks to the new foundation "stichting het hof".
