Entrance to the Prinsenhof Museum
The Prinsenhof ("The Court of the Prince") in the city of Delft in the Netherlands is an urban palace built in the Middle Ages as a monastery. Later it served as a residence for William the Silent. William was assassinated in the Prinsenhof by Balthasar Gérard in 1584 - the holes in the wall made by the bullets at the main stairs are still visible.
Since 1911, the building houses a municipal museum.[1] Today, the building displays a collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings.[2]
Gallery
Bullet holes from the assassination of William the Silent at the main stairs of the Prinsenhof
Former St. Agatha church
The garden of the Prinsenhof
References
- ↑ "Historie van het gebouw" (in Dutch). Museum Prinsenhof Delft. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ Martin Dunford (2010). The Rough Guide to The Netherlands. Penguin. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-84836-882-8. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
Dutch Rijksmonument 12029
External links
- | Prinsenhof municipal museum.
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