Lange+Voorhout

Vange Voorhout is a L-shaped street in The Hague, Netherlands, built in the Middle Ages. The street was originally a couple of farms but then it evolved an area where all the travelers would stay. There were inns for the travelers to settle down and unload. Some people would stay and build houses on the street. Then, later on, they merged all the gardens in the front of the houses to one big strip and planted lines of trees to make a stately aesthetic look. Later on, nobles and the rich started to show up and they started to live there, it then became a rich community. Everybody from castle nobles to high magistrates or layers/judges lived there.

Some famous things that are on the street are The Kloosterkerk, a church that was built in 1397 and where Queen Beatrix, the queen of Netherlands, attends service. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands, one of the highest courts in Netherlands, was built there in 1838. The Lange Voorhout Palace, a mansion that was built by Peter de Swart for Anthony Patras, and later on in 1848 Prince Henry bought the mansion. Lastly, The Escher Museum, a museum dedicated to the artist M.C. Escher.

The Lange Voorhout looks beautiful today and attracts a lot of people. The street is located in the middle of two rows of very tall trees, and buildings on each side. In spring, the town will plant beautiful flowers for a colorful and happy feeling when you walk on the street.