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‘It’s like hiding an elephant’: €171m feat of engineering creates museum under Dutch palace

Paleis Het Loo view from the gardens.
Paleis Het Loo was built as a riposte to the Palace of Versailles, the residence built for King Louis XIV of France. Photograph: Handout

At first glance, William of Orange’s palace seems just as it was in the 17th century – a handsome Dutch baroque building set along three sides of a courtyard seemingly pockmarked with rain puddles.

But underneath the courtyard, an injection of engineering expertise costing €171m (£151m) has created an extraordinary modern museum, opening next week.

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