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One of the two commemorative tablets on the façadeThe house on Korte Vijverberg, which was built in 1635 and extensively restored in 1724, is one of the most beautiful mansions in the Netherlands. Its most famous occupant was the anti-revolutionary leader Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer.
A commemorative tablet on the façade bears the inscription, ‘Groen van Prinsterer (1838-1876) and Mrs Groen van Prinsterer, née Van der Hoop (1838-1879) lived in this house.’

 

see also Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer | A major renovation |