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3 unusual facts about Villa Welgelegen


Villa Welgelegen

In 1800 Henry Hope became influential together with his London friend Francis Baring in financing the Louisiana Purchase.

John Hope carried on the Hope & co. family business in Amsterdam together with Alexander Baring and Adriaan van der Hoop, young partners in the firm.

He had many famous visitors to this palace, including William V of Orange, who visited with his wife, Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, and Thomas Jefferson in 1788.



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