The Prison Gate (Gevangenpoort)

Zuid-Holland · Nederländerna · Prison

In this medieval prison a man in a black hooded cloak is seen – and cell doors strapped shut stand open at dawn.

The Gevangenpoort in the heart of The Hague served as the prison of the Court of Holland from around 1420 until 1828; some ten thousand prisoners were held here, and torture was part of the judicial routine. The museum is often called the most haunted in the Netherlands: staff tell of a man in a black hooded cloak near the small office and of a limping boy who wanders through the cell block. Cell doors fastened with zip ties have been found standing open in the morning, the ties snapped on the floor. A sceptical investigation found no ghosts, however – visitors may judge for themselves among the pillories and thumbscrews.

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The Prison Gate (Gevangenpoort) liegt in Zuid-Holland, Nederländerna.