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The De Haar Castle of Netherlands is situated outside of Utrecht. In the Netherlands, it is the biggest castle. The earliest known mention of a structure at the present site of the castle is from 1391. Hendrik van Woerden gave the castle and its environs as a fiefdom to the De Haar family that year. The De Haar family owned the castle until 1440, when the last male successor passed away without having any children. The Van Zuylen family subsequently inherited the castle. Except for the portions that did not serve a military purpose, the castle-walls were completely destroyed when the castle was burned down in 1482. When the castle was reconstructed in the early 16th century, these elements were most likely added. An inventory of Steven van Zuylen from 1506 regarding his belongings and a 1536 list of fiefdoms in the province of Utrecht both make reference to the castle. The castle had been substantially restored by 1554, as evidenced by the first known image of it. The castle appears to have slowly crumbled into ruin after Johan van Zuylen van de Haar passed away without having children in 1641. The French did not completely destroy the citadel at the Rampjaar in 1672. The property was handed to his cousin Jean-Jacques van Zuylen van Nyevelt of the Catholic line in the Southern Netherlands in 1801, by Anton-Martinus van Zuylen van Nijevelt, 1708-1801, the last Catholic van Zuylen in the Netherlands. Richly ornate woodcarvings that resemble the interior of a Roman Catholic church adorn the castle-interior. This carving was created in the Roermond workshop of Cuypers, who also created the tableware design. Numerous pieces from the Rothschild collections, such as exquisite antique ceramics from China and Japan, as well as a number of antique Flemish tapestries and religiously themed paintings, adorn the interior. The focal point is a carrier coach of wife of Japanese shōgun, which is supposedly one of only two in the world; the other is on display in Tokyo. Donated from the collection of Rothschilds, this coach is a popular attraction for Japanese visitors to De Haar. #History #Architecture #Castles

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