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 Royal Palace by codrutz
Louis Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon I, made it his royal palace when he became King of Holland in 1808, though he abdicated only two years later.
The simple facade strikes the viewers first. It has four orders of windows, above which is a triangular pediment containg sculptures by Artus Quelijn the Younger, an artist from Antwerp. The statues represents the city of Amsterdam surrounded by Neptune and other mythical sea creatures, including nymphs and tritons.
The harmonious exterior of the palace is completed by an octogonal tower and cupola. Severely simple outside, the palace is splendidly decorated inside. Leave a Comment
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 Dam city hall 1668 by Jan Van
der Heyden by breughel, 1 more photos
No doubt it was a large building for its time, no doubt that the architect Jacob Van Campen was not fully satisfied of his work as he met important ground stability problems, no doubt Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was not fond of it, no doubt there are many, many, nicer town halls or palaces in Europe.
No doubt also that the Dam Palace is well known from world tourism.
Actually the Dam Palace looked better a few centuries ago. The facade in Bentheimer sandstone was nearly white at the start as can be seen from the model at the Amsterdam Historisch museum or from a painting (1668) by Jan Van der Heyden at Le Louvre museum.
A clean up of the façade is on the program but apparently there is no budget!
NOTE: It has just been announced (2/06/2008) that the renovation of roof and façade will start in 2009 and will need 3 - 4 years.
The inside renovation which started in 2005 will be finished begin 2009.
NEW: Since 14/06/2009 the PALACE IS AGAIN OPEN for the public after 4 years renovation Works.
Open from 12 h (11 h in summer) till 17 h.
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 Royal Palace by Helga67
This palace was built in the 17th century and was used as a town hall before it became the Royal Palace at the beginning of the 19th century. Leave a Comment
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 by MATIM
They say Amsterdam is build on piles.
The palace is build on 13.659 piles!!
It is build between 1648 – 1655. It was meant as a town hall , it was a represented building you can still see this at the marble arcade, with beautiful paintings.
In 1808 the building was a residence for Lodewijk Napoleon.
Since 1935 the building is property of the state and the queen is the officiale in habitant of the palace.
You can visit some parts of the palace, the Burgerzaal, de Rechtzaal, de Schepenzaal en de Burgemeesterskamer (majors room) Leave a Comment
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 Hollands gloriedagen,
Dutch days of Glory by Pavlik_NLLeave a Comment
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 The royal palace as seen in
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 Royal Palace by Jarin
It is designed by Jacob van Campen (classicist style) and for the founding they used almost 14.000 piles.
Now it is used by the Queen for official occasions, for example state visits.
Most of the furniture is from 1808, from the time when Louis Napoleon settled in this palace.
Before visiting this palace please check first the opening dates and times. Leave a Comment
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