foam amsterdam Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/foam-amsterdam Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:40:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Royal Palace AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS http://travelsfinders.com/royal-palace-amsterdam-netherlands.html http://travelsfinders.com/royal-palace-amsterdam-netherlands.html#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:39:54 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=220849 JACOB VAN CAMPEN In a commanding location on Dam Square, Amsterdam’s Royal Palace was originally built as the city’s Town Hall in the mid-17th century. During this period, known as the Dutch Golden Age, the Netherlands was growing wealthy from trade, and the Dutch arts and sciences flourished. Jacob van Campen, the architect, designed a building that was appropriate in both size and grandeur for this most powerful of Dutch cities. He drew upon Roman sources for the palace’s classical details to reflect the global ambitions of the Dutch, who saw themselves as the successors to the rulers of imperial

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