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Town Hall Description
(Local Name: Stadhuis) On the opposite side of the Grote Kerk on the Grote Markt in Haarlem stands the Town Hall (Stadhuis), the oldest parts of which go back to a hunting lodge built by Count William II of Holland, king of Germany, in 1250. At the end of the 13th century, with the permission of Count Floris V, Dominican monks built a monastery behind the castle, with a chapterhouse, cloisters and a church. After two serious fires in the town Count William V enlarged the castle by the addition of the Gravenzaal (Count's Hall), which soon afterwards was acquired by the municipality of Haarlem. In 1455 a courthouse, the Vierschaar, was built, complete with a timber scaffold, which was replaced by a stone one in 1633
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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Roman, Greek, classical;  Government or institution building;  Architecture - Medieval
Address
Haarlem Town Hall
Grote Markt
Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Netherlands
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