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Huis te Dieren

 

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Dieren (Prov. Gelderland)

 

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Data afkomstig van Hendrik Engel's alphabetical list of Dutch zoological cabinets and menageries [379]

"Huis te Dieren" was bought by Stadholder William II (1642) to be used as summer-residence. It was greatly embellished by his son Willima III and burned down in 1795.
It had a game preserve and menagerie started by Wiliam II in 1647.

 

last updated: 10-10-2007