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Hofwijck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɔfʋɛik]; or
Vitaulium in Latin) is a
mansion built for 17th-century
politician Constantijn Huygens. It is
located in...
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bought a
piece of land in
Voorburg and
commissioned the
building of
Hofwijck.
Hofwijck was
inaugurated in 1642 in the
company of
friends and relatives. Here...
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himself entirely to research. The
family had
another house, not far away at
Hofwijck, and he
spent time
there during the summer.
Despite being very active,...
- collapsed. The
Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens felt the
earthquake in
Hofwijck and recounted: "At half past two in the afternoon,
while I was reading...
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Dutch style kitchen hearth in
Hofwijck mansion, Voorburg, Netherlands...
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Pastel portrait of
Christiaan Huygens,
located in
Hofwijck museum....
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under the
North Sea Canal), and
apartment buildings. Even in the case of
Hofwijck,
whose inhabitants were so
notable that the
house is a
museum today, the...
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important buildings like
Swaensteyn House, the Old
Church (Oude Kerk) and
Hofwijck are in or very near the Herenstraat.
Until 2019 the
Leidschendam shopping...
- 121.572857°E / 31.340236; 121.572857, next to
another replica of the
Hofwijck. The
museum is
housed in a
former naval storehouse, 's
Lands Zeemagazijn...
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Constantijn Huygens, who
spent many
years building his
small country house Hofwijck with
adjacent geometrically shaped gardens alongside the Vliet. His son...
