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Huis ter Nieuwburg or Huis ter Nieuburch ("House at New Borough") was a palace in Rijswijk, Holland, Dutch Republic. The symmetrical French Classicist building was probably designed by the French architect Jacques de la Vallée and was built between 1633 and 1636 for stadtholder Prince Frederick Henry. The palace with gardens was the country house of the Princes of Orange for years, and it was used for the peace negotiations resulting in the Treaty of Rijswijk in 1697. After the death of Prince William III in 1702, the palace was inherited by the Kings of Prussia, until it was given back to the Princes of Orange by King Frederick II. The gardens of the palace were formal French Renaissance gardens constructed in 1636. In front of the palace were trees and ''parterres'' enclosed by walls. Behind the palace was a larger garden with four rectangular ponds. The building, after being neglected for years, was demolished in 1790. At present, the area is woodland known as the Rijswijkse Bos. The only reminders of the palace are two of the ponds and an obelisk commemorating the peace treaty. ==Building== In 1630, stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange bought the old ''Huis ter Nieuwburg'' from Philibert Vernatti for ƒ 30,000 (€ 13,613). The house was located in the Plaspolder, a polder in the village Rijswijk, in between the cities The Hague and Delft. At that time, The Hague was the political center of the Dutch Republic where the States-General assembled, and Delft was the city where Prince Frederick Henry was born and where his father William the Silent had his residence and was assassinated and buried in 1584. Between 1630 and 1632, the Prince of Orange bought more land and two houses in the area surrounding the house in order to build a new country house on the location of Vernatti's old house. The project of the new ''Huis ter Nieuwburg'' was tendered in 1633. The first pavilions of the palace were finished in 1634 and its roof was completed in 1636.〔 During his life, Prince Frederick Henry had built large houses conform the newest styles in architecture and by the best available architects. It is probable that the French architect Jacques de la Vallée had designed this palace.〔 The symmetrical building was designed in the architectural style of French Classicism.〔 The ''corps de logis'' with the main chambers of the palace was positioned on the axis of symmetry.〔 by Jan van Vianen from 1697.〕 At the back of the ''corps de logis'' was a lodge looking out on the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft through a corridor along the axis in the garden.〔 In this church is the mausoleum of his father William the Silent and the crypt where Prince Frederick Henry's parents, brother, and two daughters were buried at the time the palace was built.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Nieuwe Kerk )〕 Both on the east and the west side of the ''corps de logis'' is a wing, perpendicular to the axis, with a pavilion at the end.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Huis ter Nieuwburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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