Biljoen

Jorien Jas, Conrad Gietman

Biljoen has been praised many times, but never before has the history of the castle, residents and estate been described so attractively as in this book. Biljoen gained fame especially in its eighteenth-century heyday, when the refined stucco room and the famous waterworks in the adjacent park Beekhuizen were tourist attractions. After the war, the castle and estate were increasingly closed to the public. This only came to an end when Geldersch Landscape & Kasteelen acquired Biljoen in 2009. Biljoen is a unique country estate in the Netherlands, with international allure. Based on in-depth new research, this book sheds surprising light on the highlights, but also on the less famous episodes in a history dating back nearly a thousand years. Well-known authors such as Luuc Kooijmans, Ileen Montijn and Luc Panhuysen tell 'The story of Biljoen' in a broad cultural-historical context. In...