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Royal Palace of Amsterdam

  • Also Known As: Amsterdam Town Hall

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1648/00/00 Jacob van Campen Architect Jacob van Campen begins supervising the construction of a new city hall in Amsterdam. It is built on 13,659 wooden piles at a cost of 8.5 million gulden.
1655/07/29 Mayor of Amsterdam, Cornelis de Graeff, opens the new Town Hall for the City of Amsterdam.
1661/00/00 Pieter de Hooch Painter Pieter de Hooch paints the "Interior of the Burgomasters' Council Chamber". Interior of the Burgomasters' Council Chamber
1808/00/00 Louis Bonaparte King of Holland King Louis I of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, moves the royal court to Amsterdam and acquires the Town Hall as a royal palace.

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Particulars for Royal Palace of Amsterdam:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Historic Use City or Town Hall
Category for Historic Use Government
Historic Use Government Office
Area of Significance Politics-government




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