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11 October 2019

Holland's largest castle

Once the home of the  van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van de Haar family the Kasteel de Haar in Utrecht was fully restored and rebuilt from 1892-1912, funded by the de Rothschild family after Etienne Van Zuylen van Nijevelt married Helen de Rothschild. In all, there are 200 rooms and 30 washrooms.  The family passed on ownership to the Foundation Kasteel de Haar in 2000 but retained the right to spend one month a year - September - at their former home. That could be a different washroom for each day of the stay.

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