's-Gravenhage
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- Names
's-Gravenhage
Gravenhage, 's-
's Gravenhage
Den Haag
Haag
The Hague
Hague, The
La Haye
Haye, La
Aia
The Haag
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Originally located in woodland called Haghe ("hedge"), town grew around residence of counts of Holland. In 1248, Wilhelm II built a castle, which his successors have expanded into the present-day buildings. Grew economically in the late 14th century when the judiciary moved from Holland and Zeeland to the Hague and later it became the seat of the stadholders and the government under Maurice of Orange (1567-1625). At the turn of the 19th century, it became an important conference center and headquarters for many institutions, most notably the International Court of Justice of the United Nations.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of the World (1992); Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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