Tour & Travel Packages to The Hague

The New Church. On the other side if Spuiplein Square the New Church is situated. It's called new, because, actually, it was built only some centuries ago. In late Middle Ages the population of the Hague was constantly growing, that's why the Great church and St Jacob's church soon became too small. In the 17th century near the Spuiplein channel a new church was built in the traditional for that time style of the Dutch classism. The channel was closed, but the church still takes place in a marvelous garden, where the monument on Spinoza's grave. In summer in the shade of the church garden a cozy terrace is opened, nearby you'll find the Stout cafe.

Plein Square. Mauritshuis. In the 13th century Plein was a large, walled in garden, named Graven Kooltuin. It was located right behind the Knights' Hall. In the 16th century because of wars the garden got into the state of neglect, after what in 1600 prince Maurits ordered to turn it into a flower garden. In the 17th century this territory was sold and building works started there. It was planned to build up the whole area, but governor Frederic Hendric objected to this idea. He wanted to create something innovate, like in Paris: it was to be a quadrangular square, surrounded by houses. Though as the time passed the original buildings were changed for the new ones, the square still has its primordial shape. In the center of it you'll see the monument of William of Orange.

One of the largest edifices at Plein Square is the former hotel Logement van Amsterdam of the 18th century, where the representatives of Amsterdam used to stay. Since the 18th century the welfare of Amsterdam was growing and the bigger the number of the representatives was, the larger the hotel was to be.

In the 17th century Amsterdam bought the first house near the former Earl's garden, then another two houses and in the 18th century all they were united. The building was restored and nowadays it's the part of the de Tweede Kamer. At Plein Square you'll find a lot of cafes and restaurants, which open their terraces in summer. Out of all the residential houses located there, only Mauritshuis left. It was the classical city palace of Dutch acres in Brazil governor Maurits, built in the 17th century. It looks just like four centuries ago and nowadays it serves as the museum for the collections of such famous Dutch painters as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Potter. Mauritshuis is connected with Prince William V gallery, which was the first museum in the Netherlands.

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