Dutch medieval castle "De Haar"

Just recently returned from a vacation to Europe.

Here is a wonderful original medieval castle in Holland. The castle has its origins from before the year 1000. About 100 years ago, it was fully restored, containing incredible richess collected by its owner family over the centuries.
Too bad it was a very cloudy and even rainy day, so the sky is shot  

Frits

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Hi Rich,

Good to hear from you!
The netherlands has a number of castles that are in rather good repair. Most can be visited. A number have been kept in fairly original state, where some others have been "dressed up" for use as a museum of sorts.
While in the UK, our planning with the help of your book was spot on. Thanks again.
Do say hi to Carolyn.

 

I would not know. I do suspect that it is an add-on part of the restoration in the late 1800's. This was done after the castle had been more or less in disrepair since a couple of centuries.
The restoration was spectacular, with practically unlimited funds. This was for a large part due to the heir of the castle marrying a women of the wealthy Rothschild family. The restoration also involved tearing down an entire village and reconstructing it nearby, to make room for the castle's planned garden grounds.

Yes Hans, that is the one. Errrrrr, what summer??? Weatherwise it was my worst summer trip to Holland ever. But we enjoyed ourselves a lot and did everything we had planned, albeit mostly under a dark grey sky and cool weather.