Plein,_The_Hague

Plein, The Hague

Plein, The Hague

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Plein or het Plein (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈplɛin]; lit. '(the) Square') is a town square in the old city centre of The Hague in the Netherlands.

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The Central Royal Military Band of the Netherlands Army on Plein

It is located adjacent to the Binnenhof, the meeting place of the States General of the Netherlands; the entrance to the House of Representatives can be found on Plein 2.[1] The Mauritshuis art museum is located on Plein 29.[2]

Plein was originally a garden, forming a part of the Binnenhof castle, residence of the Counts of Holland. It was used to grow vegetables for the court. The garden was surrounded by a ring of canals and intersected by ditches.[3] As a town square, Plein was constructed in 1632 and was inspired by the Place des Vosges in Paris.

A statue of William the Silent, made by Dutch sculptor Lodewyk Royer, was installed in the centre of the square in 1848.

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  1. [1]
    "Adres en route" (in Dutch). House of Representatives. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Address and directions". Mauritshuis. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Plein: van kooltuin tot stadsplein". Geschiedenis van Den Haag (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2014.


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