The palace was a donantion from Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) who was a steel magnate and philanthropist, resulted in the Carnegie Foundation in 1903 and the creation of the Peace Palast. …
The castle of Leiden is one of the oldest extant examples of a castle in the Netherlands. The building is located in the center of Leiden, where the two arms …
In 1828, Heusdense preacher Carel Willem Pape (1788–1872) proposed the erection of a statue to William of Orange, to be placed on the Grote Markt in Brussels. The plan provoked …