Binnenhof

The Binnenhof is a complicated of buildings within the town centre of The Hague, Netherlands, subsequent to the Hofvijver. It homes the meeting region of both houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as well as the Ministry of General Affairs and the workplace of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Built in the main inside the 13th century, the Gothic castle originally functioned as residence of the counts of Holland and became the political centre of the Dutch Republic in 1584. It is counted most of the

Top 100 Dutch background sites. The Binnenhof is some of the oldest Parliament buildings within the global still in use. Little is thought about the origin of the Binnenhof. Presumably, the grounds subsequent to the Hofvijver lake, and the small homestead on it, had been purchased through Count Floris IV of Holland from Meiland van Wassenaar in November 1229. Between 1230 and 1234 he had the domicile extended to a small maintain. After Floris' son and successor William II turned into topped King of the Romans in 1248, this production endured.