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title: "Royal Palace, Amsterdam — GetMap"
description: "A city hall became a royal home. This was built as Amsterdam’s city hall, not as a royal home. In 1808, Louis Bonaparte turned it into a palace, and its…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJFQ6IwMYJxkcRis8dtZlOkTk
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# Royal Palace

A city hall became a royal home

History · 🇳🇱 Amsterdam · one place, one stop

![Royal Palace, Amsterdam](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJFQ6IwMYJxkcRis8dtZlOkTk.png?width=640&quality=70&resize=contain) +35 pts
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[Amsterdam](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=52.3731835%2C4.8913758&query_place_id=ChIJFQ6IwMYJxkcRis8dtZlOkTk)
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This was built as Amsterdam’s city hall, not as a royal home. In 1808, Louis Bonaparte turned it into a palace, and its Citizen’s Hall still carries marble maps of the world and the heavens across its floor.

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