Gevangenpoort

The Gevangenpoort, a former gate of the city walls of the residence The Hague, located in the north of Buitenhofes.

Today, the restored building, the Museum of Urban History and historical jurisprudence is housed. It was declared a Rijksmonument.

1296 the building was built as a gate and guardhouse Castle of the Counts ( Binnenhof ). In the 15th century a prison and a Gräfliches Zwinggericht were established here. In the dungeons and torture chambers and prominent political prisoners were mostly interned and subjected to the " highly embarrassing questioning".

1672 the brothers Cornelis de Witt Johan de Witt were here for an alleged attack on Prince William III. murdered. A monument north of the building commemorates Johan de Witt.

In the former cells and torture chambers today to see paintings, engravings and objects to torture and justice. In addition to stretching benches, spanking blocks that were used for flogging, and various pliers and instruments can also visit historical documents to captivity by the brothers de Witt.

In a former outbuilding of the Gevangenpoort is a museum Mauritshuis associated collection of paintings, built in 1773 Schilderijengalerij Prins Willem V. Officially known as the reception room of the Prince William V, the building was open on certain days of the public of the year and thus is considered the first museum the Netherlands. In the style of the 17th and 18th century. shows it in his rooms, crowded from the ceiling to the floor, Dutch painting in this period.

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• Building in The Hague
• City ​​gate
• Rijksmonument in The Hague
• Built in the 13th century
• Protected monument in The Hague