Prinsenhof

Museum Het Prinsenhof

Museum Het Prinsenhof

Former monastery and municipal museum in Delft, Netherlands

For the palace in Ghent, see Prinsenhof (Ghent).

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.

Entrance to the Prinsenhof Museum

Since 1911, the building houses a municipal museum.[1] Today, the building displays a collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings.[2]

  • 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

  1. [1]
    "Historie van het gebouw" (in Dutch). Museum Prinsenhof Delft. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. [2]
    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

52.012°N 4.354°E / 52.012; 4.354


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