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The small, fenced, Garden of Holland, defended by the Dutch Maiden and the Batavian Lion was, and to some extent still is, a popular patriotic metaphor for the independence of the Netherlands, first seen in the late 16th century.
Keukenhof is situated on the 15th-century hunting grounds of Slot Teylingen; it was the castle's kitchen garden (in Dutch: keukentuin), providing game, fruit and vegetables. The most noted inhabitant, and beneficiary of the garden was Countess Jacoba van Beieren (1401–1436). [ 8 ]
The garden was designed by Claude Desgotz. Het Loo and its gardens, in a late-17th-century engraving. After the elder House of Orange-Nassau had become extinct with the death of William III in 1702, he left all his estates in the Netherlands to his cousin Johan Willem Friso of the House of Nassau-Dietz in his Last Will.
Botanical gardens in Netherlands have collections consisting entirely of Netherlands native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Netherlands, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned.
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany ...
Pages in category "Botanical gardens in the Netherlands" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Visitors on "Big Spotters Hill" at Floriade 2002. Floriade was an international exhibition and garden festival, held every 10 years in the Netherlands.All the Floriades were World Horticultural Expositions and they were listed as A1 category exhibitions by the International Association of Horticultural Producers [1] and hence recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions.
Willemstad was established as a trading settlement by merchants from the Netherlands in 1634. The modern town consists of several historic districts, which reflect the mix of Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese cultural influences, as well as the Afro-Caribbean. Several historic houses are painted in bright colours, which is a tradition dating to ...
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