The Hague Apartments

Plein Square. Mauritshuis. In the 13th century Plein was a large, walled in garden, named Graven Kooltuin. It was located right behind the Knights' Hall. In the 16th century because of wars the garden got into the state of neglect, after what in 1600 prince Maurits ordered to turn it into a flower garden. In the 17th century this territory was sold and building works started there. It was planned to build up the whole area, but governor Frederic Hendric objected to this idea. He wanted to create something innovate, like in Paris: it was to be a quadrangular square, surrounded by houses. Though as the time passed the original buildings were changed for the new ones, the square still has its primordial shape. In the center of it you'll see the monument of William of Orange.

One of the largest edifices at Plein Square is the former hotel Logement van Amsterdam of the 18th century, where the representatives of Amsterdam used to stay. Since the 18th century the welfare of Amsterdam was growing and the bigger the number of the representatives was, the larger the hotel was to be.
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