Museum Het Prinsenhof

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 edit

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 edit

^ "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 edit

Prinsenhof municipal museum.
Media related to Museum Het Prinsenhof at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Historie van het gebouw" (in Dutch). Museum Prinsenhof Delft. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[Dunford2010-2] Martin Dunford (2010). The Rough Guide to The Netherlands. Penguin. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-84836-882-8. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

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