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Castle Duivenvoorde |
| Section: THE ARTS / ARCHITECTURE |
| Author: Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 2,012 Words, 12,578 Characters |
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Visiting the Netherlands in 1873, Irish historian W.E.H. Lecky compared the Dutch country houses with those in England: "The houses struck me as a more human institution, much better both for the owners and for the Country than most English ones, being a smaller scale, without the vast lawns and parks.… They have a great deal of finished and concentrated beauty, magnificent trees, beautiful lakes, extremely fine gardens and hothouses; sometimes very fine pictures; and there is a wonderful air of comfort about it all."
More than a century later, Lecky's impressions continue to resonate for the contemporary visitor. Grand, yes, but the elaborate architecture and decor favored by the nobility of other countries held no allure for the Dutch. The largess of the Dutch manor house is in the q...
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...dle chimney, taken down in the early nineteenth century, was rebuilt.
Through the work of the foundation, concerts and receptions are once again held in Duivenvoorde’s lavishly appointed Marot Hall. “After almost eight centuries,” says the Baroness, her eyes drifting over the portraits of generations of van Wassenaers, “they remain very much a part of the lifeblood of Duivenvoorde.”
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