Huis Overvoorde, Rijswijk

Huis Overvoorde is a country estate within the Dutch municipality of Rijswijk.

The country house stands on an island of 6 hectares in the shape of a coat of arms and is accessible by monumental access bridges. It was built in 1623 and greatly altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house has been restored (winner of the municipal monument prize in 2010). The estate is laid out in the English landscape style and possesses many old trees. The country house, the bridges of 1720 and the park are rijksmonumenten. The wood around the island is accessible to the public and is part of the public parks Overvoorde, De Voorde and Steenvoorde.

Machine-translated from “Overvoorde” on the Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Huis Overvoorde, Rijswijk ranks #7,373 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #167 of the 201 mapped in Netherlands. Founded 1623, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is The Hague, 4 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.

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