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((short description|Building on Binnenhof, The Hague, used for the state opening of Parliament))
((Refimprove|date=August 2015))
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|name                    = Ridderzaal
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|location                = [[Binnenhof]]
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|client                  = [[Floris V, Count of Holland]]
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The '''Ridderzaal''' (((IPA-nl|ˈrɪdərzaːl)); ((lang-en|Hall of Knights)))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.denhaag.nl/en/visitors/to/The-Binnenhof.htm|title=The Binnenhof|date=10 April 2013|publisher=Denhaag.nl|accessdate=12 October 2013))</ref> is the main building of the 13th-century inner square of the former [[castle]] of the [[County of Holland|counts of Holland]] called [[Binnenhof]] (English: Inner Court) at the address Binnenhof 11 in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]. It is used for the annual state opening of Parliament on [[Prinsjesdag]], when the [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|Dutch monarch]] drives to Parliament in the [[Golden Coach (Netherlands)|Golden Coach]] and delivers the [[speech from the throne]]. It is also used for official royal receptions, and inter-parliamentary conferences.

==History==
[[File:Den Haag Ridderzaal briefkaart.jpg|thumb|left|The Ridderzaal seen as it was before World War I]]

In the 13th century [[Floris IV, Count of Holland]] bought a piece of land next to a small lake to build a house on. The Ridderzaal, the manorial hall of [[Floris V, Count of Holland|Floris V]], grandson of Floris IV, was built on this estate in the 13th century. Over the centuries, the government buildings developed around this lake and incorporated the Ridderzaal.  From the early 17th century, the Ridderzaal became an important trading place for booksellers, as [[Westminster Hall]] was in [[London]]. In later centuries it served a variety of purposes - as a market hall, a promenade, a drill hall, a public record office, a hospital ward, even the offices of the state lottery. The hall was restored between 1898 and 1904 to serve its present purposes.

The [[Congress of Europe]],<ref>((Cite book|last1=Borchardt|first1=Klaus-Dieter|title=The ABC of European Union Law|publisher=Publications Office|year=2010|isbn=978-92-78-40525-0|doi=10.2830/13717))</ref> considered by many as the first federal development of post-war European history, was held in The Hague in May 1948 with 750 European delegates as well as observers from [[Canada]] and the [[United States of America]]. The Hall of Knights was the main venue used for the congress. The delegates used the opportunity to discuss ideas about the development of [[European integration]], which would eventually cultivate into the creation of the modern-day [[European Union]].

The Ridderzaal was also the venue for the [[Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference]] in 1949. The government of the Netherlands discussed and negotiated with the newly created governments of the former colonial possessions in the [[Dutch East Indies|Dutch Indies]].

==Building==
[[File:Open Monumenten Dag 2010 (4983870910).jpg|thumb|left|[[Throne]] of the [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|monarchs of the Netherlands]] in the Ridderzaal]]
[[File:Great Assembly of the States-General in 1651 01.jpg|thumb|Meeting in the Ridderzaal in 1651, painted by [[Dirck van Delen]]]]
[[File:Congres van Europa in de Ridderzaal. Overzicht, Bestanddeelnr 934-6838.jpg|thumb|Meeting in the Hall of Knights during the [[Congress of Europe]] (9 May 1948)]]
This ((convert|40|x|20|m|ft)) large [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] hall has magnificent stained glass windows depicting the coats of arms of various prominent Dutch towns and cities; particularly fine is the rose window with the arms of the principal [[Nobility|noble]] families of the Netherlands. The heavy [[Lumber|timber]] roof structure with its ((convert|18|m|ft|adj=mid|-long beams)) has the appearance of an upturned ship. Wooden heads symbolizing eavesdroppers from the higher powers are supposed to deter members of the [[States General of the Netherlands|assembly]] from lying.

The throne in the Ridderzaal was designed by [[Pierre Cuypers]].<ref>((cite web
  | last = Rijksgebouwendienst
  | title = Ridderzaal in ere hersteld
  | publisher = [[Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment]]
  | date = September 2006
  | url = http://issuu.com/rijksgebouwendienst/docs/brochure_ridderzaal
  | accessdate = 2013-10-12 |language=nl)) </ref>

==References==
((reflist))

== External links ==
* ((Commons category-inline|Ridderzaal))

[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in The Hague]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the County of Holland]]
[[Category:Dutch monarchy]]
[[Category:Dutch political institutions]]
[[Category:Gothic architecture in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Legislative buildings in Europe]]

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