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Capital of the province of South Holland and
seat of the Netherlands government, linked by
canal with Rotterdam and Amsterdam;
population (1991) 444,200.
features The Gothic Hall of Knights (1280) in
the Binnenhof, where the annual opening of
parliament takes place, the 16th-century town
hall, and the Peace Palace (1913), which
houses the United Nations International Court
of Justice. The seaside resort of
Scheveningen (patronized by Wilhelm II and
Winston Churchill), with its Kurhaus, is
virtually incorporated.
history The city grew up around a hunting
lodge after a castle was built nearby 1248.
The States-General (parliament) established
itself here 1585, and from the 17th century
the city was a center of European diplomacy.