Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in The Hague, Netherlands

The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Elandkerk or Elandstraatkerk, is a Roman Catholic church on the Elandstraat in the Zeeheldenkwartier in The Hague. The church building and the faith community are part of the parish Maria Sterre der Zee.

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The Roma and Sinti monument in the Vondelstraat in The Hague opposite the Bilderdijkstraat is a cube-shaped object with a bronze commemorative plaque.

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The H.H. Jacobus and Augustine Church is an old Catholic church in the Juffrouw Idastraat in The Hague.

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The Walloon Church is a church building of the Walloon Reformed congregation on the Noordeinde in The Hague. The church services are held in the French language.

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The Paleiskerk or Mennonite Church in The Hague is a neo-Romanesque church from 1886 on the Paleisstraat, near Noordeinde Palace.

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The Sint-Jacobus de Meerderekerk is a Roman Catholic church on the Parkstraat in the center of The Hague. The church building and the religious community are part of the parish Maria Star of the Sea.

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Sociëteit De Vereeniging in The Hague is a gentlemen's society that was founded on April 30, 1851.

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The Kloosterkerk is a church on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague, Netherlands. The church and its accompanying monastery were first built in 1397. The church is known today as the church where Beatrix of the Netherlands occasionally attended services.

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Diligentia is a learned society founded in The Hague in 1793. All reigning monarchs of the Netherlands since King William I have been patrons of Diligentia, and many members of the royal family have been honorary members.

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The statue of Johan de Witt is a 20th-century memorial on the Plaats in The Hague, in memory of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt. It was made by Frederik Engel Jeltsema.

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The Prince William V Gallery is an art gallery on the Buitenhof in The Hague that currently shares an entrance with the Gevangenpoort museum. It is a recreation of the original gallery Galerij Prins Willem V, once founded there by William V, Prince of Orange in 1774. The displayed paintings are part of the collection of the Mauritshuis. Amongst the paintings on display are works by Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter and Gerard van Honthorst.

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't Goude Hooft is the oldest inn in The Hague. In 1423 there is already a mention of the tavern In tgulde hoift. The tavern was located on the daily green market (vegetable market).

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The Great Church or St. James' Church is a landmark Protestant church in The Hague, Netherlands. The building is located on the Torenstraat, named for its high tower. Together with the Binnenhof, it is one of the oldest buildings in The Hague. Members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been baptised and married there. The latest are King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his daughter and heir apparent Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange.

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The Stadhouderspoort is a gate that connects the Binnenhof and Buitenhof in The Hague. It is one of the four surviving gates of the Binnenhof complex.

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The Constitution Bench is a monument to the Dutch Constitution located at the Hofplaats in The Hague. The monument has the form of a 45-metre-long bench made of smooth marble on which the text of Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution is applied.

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The Torentje, located at the Binnenhof in The Hague next to the Mauritshuis museum, has been the office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 1982.

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The Binnenpoort or Middenpoort is one of the four preserved entrance gates that give access to the Binnenhof in The Hague. The gate forms the connection between the buildings on the north side and the Ridderzaal. It was built together with the nearby Mauritspoort in 1634 and was used to close off the Binnenhof. The entrance gate is made of brick with sandstone frames. Above the gate are two lions. Next to the gate are two pedestrian passages. Above the gate is a meeting room accessible from the white gallery. This was a former connecting corridor to the Count's halls.

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The Ridderzaal is the main building of the 13th-century inner square of the former castle of the counts of Holland called Binnenhof at the address Binnenhof 11 in The Hague, Netherlands. It is used for the annual state opening of Parliament on Prinsjesdag, when the Dutch monarch drives to Parliament in the Golden Coach and delivers the speech from the throne. It is also used for official royal receptions, and inter-parliamentary conferences.

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The Trêveszaal is a historic meeting room from 1697 at the Binnenhof in The Hague and is part of the buildings of the Ministry of General Affairs. Since 1977 it has been the permanent meeting room of the Dutch Council of Ministers. The Trêveszaal and the Statenzaal adjacent are also used for official receipts from the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers. Trêve is French for 'file'; The name of the room refers to the negotiations that took place here in 1608 with Spain, prior to the twelve-year file (1609-1621).

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The Mauritspoort or Grenadierspoort is the eastern gateway to the Binnenhof in The Hague. The gate was built in 1634 together with the nearby Binnenpoort and had a drawbridge over an inner moat at the time. The pulley holes are still visible on the outside.

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The Mauritshuis is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. Originally, the 17th-century building was the residence of Count John Maurice of Nassau. The building is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the top 100 Dutch heritage sites.

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The Haags Historisch Museum is a museum situated on the Korte Vijverberg in The Hague, Netherlands, dedicated to the history of the city. It is based in the one-time guild house of Saint Sebastian. In the seventeenth century, this guild house was the home of the civilian militia of Saint Sebastian, whose members are depicted in some of the museum collections.

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Museum Bredius is a museum showing the collection of the early twentieth century Dutch art historian Abraham Bredius. The collection is remarkable for its seventeenth-century etchings and paintings, but is most attractive to visitors for its accurate restoration of the 18th-century Herenhuis interior with period furnishings. The museum is situated on the Lange Vijverberg in The Hague, the Netherlands

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Escher in Het Paleis is a museum in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch graphical artist M. C. Escher. It is housed in the Lange Voorhout Palace since November 2002.

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Malieveld is a large grass field in the city center of The Hague, Netherlands, located opposite the central train station. The field is widely known in the Netherlands for being the location of many large-scale demonstrations. It is also used for festivals, funfairs, concerts and other big events.

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The Koekamp, sometimes referred to as the Koekamp, is a park and deer park in The Hague that is historically part of the Haagse Bos, which consists of the forest, the Koekamp and the Malieveld.

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Prince Maurits and the Citizens of The Hague is a monument in honour of Prince Maurits that is located on the Heerenbrug in The Hague. The monument commemorates the fact that between 1613 and 1619 the citizens of The Hague had dug a canal around the place that served to defend the city by order of Maurice. Maurits had previously given the city council funds to build a city wall, but the government of The Hague had a new city hall built on the Dagelijkse Groenmarkt. Later Maurits settled in The Hague. He did not receive permission from the States of Holland to wall the city, but he did get permission to build a wide defensive canal.

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The Kinderboekenmuseum is a museum in The Hague, Netherlands, dedicated to Dutch language children's books. It is part of the Literatuurmuseum, and housed as part of the same building complex as the National Library of the Netherlands. It opened in 1994.

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Juliana van Stolberg and her five sons is a monument in The Hague. It was made in 1927 by the sculptor Bon Ingen-Housz and the architect Dirk Roosenburg.

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The Christus Triumfator Church at Juliana van Stolberglaan 154 in Bezuidenhout in The Hague is a Protestant church. It was inaugurated on March 21, 1962.

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