It was built by William of Orange in 1691 and is three hundred years old in 1991. Mazes are complicated networks of paths and, usually, hedges - essentially giant puzzles. Common features in most mazes are trick corners and blind alleys. Maze building is an old European occupation. The English branched out from constructing hedge mazes and also built some of turf.
Puzzle fans are familiar with two-dimensional paper mazes.
In all mazes, the object is to find your way through the elaborately twisted paths to reach a specific goal. The Cretan Labyrinth may have been the inspiration for maze builders. For some unknown reason, Daedalus and his son Icarus were confined in the Labyrinth. Constructing wings of feathers and wax, the two were able to escape by flying above the walls of the Labyrinth. Young Icarus, however, impetuously flew too near the sun.