Hofwijck

E61721
country estate historic house museum

Hofwijck is a 17th-century country estate and garden near The Hague, designed by Dutch poet and statesman Constantijn Huygens as an ideal retreat embodying classical harmony and humanist principles.

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Label Occurrences
historic estate Hofwijck 3
Hofwijck canonical 1
Hofwijck country house 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country estate ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architect Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
architecturalStyle Dutch Classicism ⓘ
category Country houses in the Netherlands ⓘ
Historic house museums in the Netherlands ⓘ
Rijksmonuments in South Holland ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1642 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1641 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 52.071°N 4.360°E ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
culturalPeriod Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
designedAs ideal country retreat ⓘ
designer Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
designPrinciple classical harmony ⓘ
humanist principles ⓘ
gardenLayoutType geometric garden ⓘ
hasExhibition life and work of Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
life and work of Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
hasPart avenue of trees ⓘ
country house ⓘ
formal garden ⓘ
garden pavilion ⓘ
moat ⓘ
heritageDesignation Rijksmonument ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Netherlands ⓘ
heritageDesignationNumber 38153 ⓘ
inception 1640 ⓘ
locatedIn Voorburg ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity South Holland ⓘ
locatedNear The Hague ⓘ
locatedNextTo The Hague–Rotterdam railway ⓘ
surface form: railway line The Hague–Rotterdam
locatedOnWaterway Sorghvliet ⓘ
surface form: Vliet
namedAfter Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
originalFunction country retreat ⓘ
summer residence ⓘ
owner Huygensmuseum Foundation ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
residenceOf Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
restoration 20th century ⓘ
significantPerson Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
website https://www.hofwijck.nl ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constantijn Huygens → notableWork → Hofwijck ⓘ
Constantijn Huygens → residence → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hofwijck, Voorburg
Huygensmuseum Foundation → focusesOn → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic estate Hofwijck
Huygensmuseum Foundation → operates → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hofwijck museum
Huygensmuseum Foundation → operates → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic estate Hofwijck
Huygensmuseum Foundation → hasPart → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hofwijck historic buildings
Huygensmuseum Foundation → hasPart → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hofwijck gardens
Huygensmuseum Foundation → mainSubject → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hofwijck estate
Huygensmuseum Foundation → preserves → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic estate Hofwijck
Voorburg → hasMuseum → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huygens’ Hofwijck
Voorburg → hasLandmark → Hofwijck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hofwijck country house