Museum
Slot Zuylen
Moated medieval castle on the Vecht, childhood home of a rebellious Enlightenment writer and composer.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Slot Zuylen, the moated castle on the Vecht just outside Utrecht, follows Belle van Zuylen, the eighteenth-century writer and composer who grew up here, and the anonymous satire of the nobility she published in her early twenties. It brings in James Boswell and the conditions he attached to a proposal, a married Swiss officer and a secret correspondence, and the comic opera staged in The Hague. Listen in the historic rooms, where her portrait bust is on show.
This audio guide was created using AI.