Tina
Courtier
- Joined
- May 3, 2003
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- Irgendwo im Nirgendwo
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- Germany
Marengo said:I believe that they only appeared after Beatrix decided she wanted to use the palace, so during the restoration from 1980-1984. Before that the palace was terribly neglected (as both Juliana and WIlhelmina disliked it) and even used for the school of Social Studies.
Marengo said:The documentairy about ther Prince of Orange showed that Palace Noordeinde and the office of the Prince both continue in buildings that were built next to it (on both sides of the palace). So that would mean that the Palace is renting out the lower spaces to shopkeepers Here a building that is part of the complex: http://www.denhaag.nl/Pics/dso/Monumentenzorg/Q12.JPG
Although announced ages () ago, now the new book about Noordeinde Palace will be launched next month, February 2008. It's a bilingual book, so I bet that some will order it because the palace was/is the setting of many royal events (Waanders).
Here's some information by the publisher: