Kasteel De Haar

The medieval castle was rebuilt after 1892, at immense cost, by Baron Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt. The gardens were also re-made (by Henri Copijn after 1895) with ornamental waters, groves, kitchen-gardens and aviaries. As on many German estates the aim was to have a French layout near the house (the Northern Park) surrounded by a Romantic English park (the Southern Park - now a golf course).