DUTCH KINGDOM HISTORY
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The palace, t' Loo, is the largest 17th-century palace of the House of Orange-Nassau. Here you can see how the House of Orange lived, worked and enjoyed the gardens, the palace and nature.
A place with a special history
At palace t' Loo you can take a trip to the palace park with the Orange Walk. This romantic landscape park with winding paths and different types of trees was created at the beginning of the 19th century. The atmosphere here is very different from the sleek Baroque palace garden.
Willem and Mary loved exotic flowers and plants. The garden was the ideal place to display them to full effect. The flowers were spaced quite far apart so that they could be viewed from all sides. Their collection showed that the couple was wealthy and powerful enough to collect such plants and have them well cared for.
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📂 DUTCH KINGDOM HISTORY
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🧩 Bea Mother of God
🧩 Honoré-de-Balzac-Gedenktafel
🧩 Koning Willem Of Orange III
🧩 Wilhelmina Silence on t 'Loo
🧩 William the Silent Orange
🧩 Kroniek der Lage Landen
🧩 Huwelijks Akte Hertog Hendrik
🧩 't Hof der Staten van Friesland
🧩 De Belgische Republiek Parijs
As stadtholder, Willem III had close ties with the Dutch United East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, which traded with Asia, Africa and South America. It was through both trading companies that Willem acquired plants from distant lands.
The origins of these plants are therefore tied to the brutal trading practices of the Dutch trading companies, and to colonialism and slavery.
In spring, the garden held distinctive tulips, daffodils and crown imperials. The orange trees would be taken into the orangery in the winter, but stood in the garden in the summer. Few people had seen such flowers and plants before. These were vastly different from the daisies and buttercups they were used to seeing. So you can imagine the impression that these gardens are full of expensive exotic flowers.
The garden maintenance team at palace 't Loo has always had its own garden maintenance team. The professional and volunteer gardeners work all year round in the gardens and greenhouses, nurturing plants and flowers, pruning hedges, mowing lawns and weeding. Their craftsmanship ensures that the ancient plant collection is preserved for the future.
Full of meaning
The gardens were a wonderful place to spend time in the 17th century, both for Willem and Mary and for visitors. A garden with fountains and unusual flowers in the middle of the Veluwe heathland symbolized the ultimate victory of humans over nature, creating a little paradise on earth.
The gardens said loudly and clearly: Willem and Mary have the power and wealth to create a place like this. The fountains and statues all have their own meanings, often a subtle reference to the success of the royal couple. Take the Globe Fountain, for example. The points from which the water shoots were chosen were not chosen randomly; they represent the most important global trading posts of the time, like Cape Town and Paramaribo.
Thus, Willem III showed that, under his leadership, the Republic of the Netherlands was growing wealthy from international trade. At the time, no thought was given to the impact on the people of South America, Africa and Asia with whom the Republic traded and who suffered exploitation and slavery.
The Venus Fountain.
The goddess Venus was born from the surf of the sea. In the 17th century, everyone knew that this was a reference to Mary, who had traveled to the Republic of the Netherlands by sea from England, to join her husband Willem III. This was a garden with a message—to think about and talk about. A talking point
Walk into the gardens, and you enter the world of Willem III and Mary, the first residents of Palace t' Loo in the late 17th century. Full of fountains, statues and exotic plants, the gardens were their pride and joy. The centerpiece of the gardens was the King's Fountain, which shot water over 13 meters into the air, thanks to an ingenious system of underground pipes, some of them ten kilometers long. t' Loo is the lowest-lying point in the area, and the water was carried to this spot by the pipes, the flow accelerating as it did so. In this way, enough pressure was built up to operate the fountain.
Willem and Mary loved being in the garden. In the King's Garden, Willem would play bowls or croquet with his guests. Mary and her ladies-in-waiting would walk under the harbour in the Queen's Garden. So they both had their own private garden. Visitors were welcome in the rest of the gardens. The idea was that everyone should be able to admire the gardens, and tell others about them.
For more than three centuries, t' Loo was the summer palace of the House of Orange. But which Oranges were there? Were the men really all called Willem? And who was the stadtholder—who was the king or queen? How did they live, and what did they do? You visit the palace with an audio story, which takes you into the rich history of the palace and its residents.
In the gardens, you go back 335 years in time. The garden is exactly as the first residents of Palace t' Loo, King Stadtholder William III and Queen Mary II Stuart, wanted it. Behind their 'austere' palace, they have an impressive garden built to surprise visitors.
Photo's Gardens of Palace t' Loo
Palace Garden Visit, Summer 2023
There are two palace routes. Route east goes through Willem and Mary. On route west you can choose a story for adults, 'House of Wilhelmina' or a family story. So there are three stories with which you can follow a palace route independently. Available as an audio tour or reading tour on the website of Palace, t' Loo.
Na de bevrijding bood prinses Wilhelmina de stad Leiden een beeldje aan, voorstellende 'de jongeling met de duif', een herinnering aan de duiven voor de prins, tijdens het beleg in 1574 en een symbool van Leidens vrijheidsstrijd tegen elke dictatuur. pic.twitter.com/UN3b7fgUrm
— Smorzando (@BernhardHol) March 25, 2024
There were different types of bed canopies. A simple construction in which the curtains were attached to a hook on the ceiling was already common in the Middle Ages. The alcove became popular in the seventeenth century.
The bed was placed in a large, alcove in the room. Only when the couple had lain under one blanket in the presence of a number of witnesses was the marriage valid. There they lay; Dicky and his Mary', each on an edge of the four-poster bed.
The children didn't dare to move an inch. After an hour, Dicky went to his father-in-law's room, where he spent the rest of the night. The groom returned to the Republic alone.
Wilhelmina on t' Loo
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Photo's It's Quiet on t' Loo
Palace Muse Visit, Summer 2023
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