Royal Palace of Amsterdam

It is one of three palaces in the Netherlands that are owned by the monarch. The building was built in 1655 by Jacob van Campen, inspired by Roman architecture (Dutch classicism). Classical forms and luxury of interiors, according to the creators, emphasize the greatness of Amsterdam.

For the construction of the palace, a powerful foundation of 13,659 wooden piles was laid, and the walls were built of yellow sandstone imported from Germany. Three floors are crowned by a dome with a weather vane in the form of a sea vessel.

The building has a huge central hall: 36.6 meters long, 18.3 meters wide and 27.4 meters high. On the richly decorated marble floor, two maps of the world with a celestial sphere are visible. The maps show the Western and Eastern Hemisphere. The hemispheres show in detail the areas of colonial influence of Amsterdam. The hemispheres of the Earth were performed in the middle of the XVIII century.

Today in the numerous halls of the palace are kept the best works of Dutch painters - Rembrandt, Govert Flink, Jacob Jordaens, Jan Lievens and Ferdinand Bohl. Especially for the decoration of the palace, Rembrandt performed his largest canvas – “The Conspiracy of Julia Civilis”.