In the charming city of Delft, located in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

 Home to the infamous Delft Blue pottery and painter Johannes Vermeer, Delft has much to offer those looking to immerse themselves in Dutch history.

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(in western Netherlands) Delft is a charming town in South Holland, famous for its artistic heritage, ceramic craftsmanship, and royal connections. You can admire the exquisite Delft Blue pottery at the Royal Delft factory and museum, where you can see how the delicate pieces are hand-painted and fired. Delft is also rich in history and culture, with its elegant Town Hall, medieval churches, and the Prinsenhof Museum, where William of Orange was assassinated. You can stroll along the attractive canals, visit the lively market square, or relax in the botanic garden.

+ Delft, a municipality, lies along the Schie River between Rotterdam and The Hague. Founded in 1075 and chartered in 1246, it was severely damaged by fire in 1536 and by the explosion of a powder magazine in 1654. Delft was a trade center in the 16th and 17th centuries and was famous for its tin-glazed earthenware, or delftware, but was superseded in trade by Rotterdam in the 18th century. Principal manufactures are now ceramics, spirits, oils, penicillin, yeast, and machinery.

+ Delft has a technical university, founded in 1842 as the Royal Academy, and hydraulic laboratories where the Delta Plan was designed for the restriction of the Rhine and Meuse estuaries. The medieval Old Church (a Gothic church) contains memorials to the admirals Maarten Tromp and Piet Heyn and to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a native of Delft. The Gothic New Church contains tombs of the members of the house of Orange-Nassau (that of William I the Silent is by Hendrick de Keyser and his son Pieter) and of the jurist Hugo Grotius, whose statue is in the marketplace. The Prinsenhof, where William the Silent was assassinated (in 1584), was a convent before it became his residence; it is now the town museum. Other landmarks include the Renaissance-style Town Hall (around a medieval tower), the Armamentarium (a 17th-century armoury), the Paul Tetar van Elven Museum, and the Huis Lambert van Meerten Museum, with an international collection of earthenware tiles.