vrijdag 18 april 2014

The Royal Palace

I had some questions yesterday about the interior of the Palace in Amsterdam and I found some photos I made a year ago. I remember these were made by hubby sccollections as mine had a poor quality to publish. So he gets the credits for these. The Palace dates from the 17th century and was built as the Town Hall of Amsterdam and shows the power and wealth of the city of Amsterdam in the Golden Age. With the arrival of King Louis Napoleon in 1808 the Town Hall changed into a Palace and the many chandeliers and the empire furniture recall this time.

The first photo shows the Citizen Hall and these are the corridors.

You are not allowed to enter the guestrooms but can have a peek from the doorway.

Look at the ceiling it is decorated with gold leaf.



It was all rather dark inside the rooms that made it difficult to make photos, but I hope you have an impression now. I you want to see more look at this Link.

14 opmerkingen:

  1. Not exactly what my hotel looked like when I visited Amsterdam. Physically...I was very close by...but oh so far away :) Beautiful....thanks SC.

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  2. Really - Just absolutely stunning - I can just see myself now on roller blades in those great halls. hehe

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  3. we did that end of last year. i thought it was pretty interesting, but at some point i got bored listening to all the stories with the guided headphone tour, haha...

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  4. I've enjoyed reading back over missed posts Marianne, the Palace shots are fabulous, the royals had lavish taste in decore :)

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  5. So opulent and beautiful. Can you imagine living there???

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  6. How very elegant! I like the 3rd photo, of the green guest room. It has a bit of the French Directoire style. The whole palace looks beautiful.

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  7. You've given us the impression you wanted. Beauty , and extravagance.

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  8. It sure does show off opulence. I like the red room.

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  9. I love your perspective specially in the first one. Great shots! Greetings from Spain.

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  10. Just gorgeous. I'd love to visit it someday.

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