Henk van Kampen photography: palace

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04 January 2013

Soestdijk

The last photo of Soestdijk, for now. A frontal view of the palace against an autumn sky. I hope you enjoyed the photo tour of the palace (that started here), and please join me next week for a new daily photo.

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03 January 2013

Soestdijk Royal Palace

Until 2004, Soestdijk was the home of Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard. And this is how you could see the palace: from outside the gate. When the former Queen and her husband passed away in 2004, the palace, state property, became vacant. Since 2005 and until a new destination for the palace is found, it is open to the public.

I visited both the palace and the palace gardens this fall. Photography in the palace is, unfortunately, not allowed, so I only have photos taken in the gardens. Most of those photos were impossible only a decade ago (unless you were a guest of the royal family).

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02 January 2013

Fountain

A fountain in the pond of the palace gardens of Soestdijk Royal Palace, against a backdrop of autumn leaves.

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01 January 2013

Elephants

At the back of Soestdijk Royal Palace in Baarn are these two statues of elephants. They belonged to Prince Bernhard (1911-2004), who lived at this palace from his marriage to Princess Juliana (who later became Queen Juliana of the Netherlands) in 1937 until his death in 2004.

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31 December 2012

The royal palace of Soestdijk

Before Christmas we were strolling through the gardens of the former royal palace Soestdijk, in Baarn. We continue our stroll around the pond and are now directly opposite the palace.

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21 December 2012

Soestdijk Palace

A beautiful view of the palace from across the pond in the palace gardens of Soestdijk Royal Palace.

I still have several beautiful photos of the palace that I want to show you, so we will continue our stroll around the palace after Christmas.

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20 December 2012

Soestdijk

We continue our stroll through the palace gardens of Soestdijk Royal Palace, and walk around the pond for a few beautiful vistas of the palace.

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19 December 2012

Soestdijk Royal Palace

We continue our stroll through the gardens of former Royal Palace Soestdijk, in the Dutch town Baarn. And today we finally get our first glimpse of the palace itself.

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18 December 2012

Orangery

We're roaming around former royal palace Soestdijk this week, and through its gardens. Today's photo is part of the facade of the orangery. Since the palace opened its doors to the public the orangery is in use as a cafe.

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17 December 2012

Putto

This week we'll stroll around former royal palace Soestdijk, in the Dutch town Baarn. I found this putto in the palace gardens, which are currently open to the public.

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28 November 2012

Barbarossa

The Dutch city Nijmegen was once the home of emperors. Charlemagne (742-814) lived here for a while, and Barbarossa (or Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122-1190)) build his castle on the remains of Charlemagne's home. Barbarossa's successor Henry VI was born there.

All that remains of these illustrious homes are the ruins of two chapels. On the photo you can see the remains of the St Martin chapel, also known as the Barbarossa ruins.

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15 November 2012

Fountain

A fountain in the gardens of the former royal palace Soestdijk. Note the beautiful autumn colors in the background!

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08 October 2012

Royal lion

A lion guarding the royal residence of the Belgian King. The residence is a castle in Laken, Brussels. The King did not invite me in for a photo shoot: this statue of a lion is at the entrance gate.

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