The Netherlands since 1795 Archives - Page 4 of 4

The Old Loo Palace & Sisi Exhibition

Thursday, 28 May 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I’ve visited the ‘new’ Loo Palace last year during the Grace Kelly exhibition. This year I went back as this time Loo palace was the host of the largest Sisi exhibition outside of Vienna. If you want to know what Loo Palace looks like on the inside, I’d like to direct you to this post [read more]

Biljoen Castle & Estate

Monday, 16 February 2015, 20:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Biljoen castle has its origin in 1076 as a large farm. Charles II, Duke of Guelders built a castle in 1530 and it was called Broekerhof. He was the son of Catherine of Bourbon and Adolf of Egmond. He was married to Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It was rebuilt by the noble van Spaen family in [read more]