Queen Wilhelmina
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has been the longest reigning monarch in Dutch history. One monument honors her is outside Noordeinde Palace in The Hague.
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Queen Emma Monuments
There are multiple Queen Emma monuments in The Hague, where she was influential in the Dutch monarchy, as Queen Consort and then Queen Regent to Wilhelmina.
Continue reading →De Boeg Monument
Rotterdam’s De Boeg monument on Boompjeskade is a national merchant marine WWII memorial honoring the Dutch and Allied sailors who lost their lives in the war.
Continue reading →Rijswijk Obelisk
A stone obelisk in woods near The Hague is the Treaty of Rijswijk monument, made from ruins of Huis de Nieuwburg palace where the 1697 treaty had been signed
Continue reading →Willem, Prince of Orange
Find out about Willem, Prince of Orange, the major role he played in Dutch history and why there are two monuments to him so close together in The Hague…
Continue reading →Juliana Van Stolberg
Juliana van Stolberg, the woman honored with a monument on Koningin Marialaan in The Hague Bezuidenhout area, is an important figure from Dutch history.
Continue reading →Scheveningen Obelisk
At the beach in The Hague is the Scheveningen obelisk – the ‘King’s Landing Monument’. It remembers Willem Frederik, Prins of Oranje return from exile in 1813
Continue reading →Hugo Grotius Statue in Delft
The Hugo Grotius statue on Delft Markt is monument to the Dutch philosophic attorney and writer who pushed ‘international law’ concept early in 17th century.
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