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show a farmer, an urban dweller and a sailor. The stone façade begins above the wooden lower part of the store-house. The stone facade often rests on a "puibal", which primarily has a constructive function; the wooden bottom wall must have a stone façade. During restorations, the wooden base is often
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ran a food kitchen on
Bloemgracht 146, and the St. Vincentius Intermediate School was at number 150. The "Old Papers" charity work project was in a basement at number 67. The Nederlandsche Zondagsschool Vereniging (a Sunday School) was established from 1937 at Bloemgracht 79 and from 1973 at number
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by Blaeu was made on the
Bloemgracht. The company was initially located on the corner of Bloemgracht / Tweede Leliedwarsstraat and later on the corner of Derde Leliedwarsstraat. In 1696 the company was dissolved. Bridge no. 120 across the Bloemgracht at the corner of the Derde Leliedwarsstraat was
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The writer Mies
Bouhuys said about the Jordaan and the Bloemgracht: "The Jordaan canon starts in 1613, with the construction of the ring of canals. The wealthy lived on the Bloemgracht, the most prestigious canal in the Jordaan. The common people lived in the (cross) streets." The educational
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The
Bloemgracht was constructed in the first half of the 17th century as part of the Jordaan during one of the major Amsterdam city expansions; the so-called Third Expansion. Initially, dyers were established on and near the Bloemgracht. The Calkoen family in particular was active here.
273:, when most of the factories had left, the Bloemgracht became more residential-oriented. In addition to expensive canal houses and apartments, it held restaurants and galleries. Characteristically it has some very large
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As stated on the plaque on the facade of
Bloemgracht 24, the Vereniging Hulp Voor Onbehuisden (Help for the Homeless Association) managed a night shelter here for women and children between 1904 and 1945. The Catholic
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The Kees de
Jongenbrug (Bridge No. 123, corner Bloemgracht / Prinsengracht) and the Rosa Overbeek Bridge (Bridge No. 121, corner Tweede Leliedwarsstraat) are named after characters in the work of writer
266:(PSP), which was dissolved in 1991, had its office at Bloemgracht 55 The Hollandia rye bread factory was located at Bloemgracht 178. There is a paint factory at Bloemgracht 191.
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with fruit and flower garlands. Clock facades are generally very austere. They mainly date to the period 1680–1690. The year of construction of
Bloemgracht 13 is unknown.
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From 1856, the type foundry of the graphic trading house of
Nicolaas Tetterode was at the Bloemgracht 134-136. There was also the Reformed Christian School, where
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Leendert van den
Muijzenberg (1905–87 ), engineer and resistance fighter during the Second World War rented out rooms in the 1960s to, among others:
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Bloemgracht 87, 89 and 91, also called "De Drie
Hendricken", with their typical stepped gables and frequent use of glass, were built in 1642. The
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and also very small ones. The Bloemgracht is described in various travel guides as one of the most beautiful canals of the Jordaan.
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imitation: a so-called miniature Vingboons with a pilaster neck gable simply executed in brick with some austere ornaments.
183:"de Bloem", later called "Rijkeroord". From 1614 a windmill was located here, but it was moved to Haarlemmerweg in 1878.
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651:(born 1984), soccer player and Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen, ( 1985 ) actress and presenter
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Six of the eleven Jordaan canals were filled in during the 19th century. The Bloemgracht,
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collection ) one can see the Raampoort, at the time a passage in the old city wall.
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reinforced with an iron support beam, which is concealed behind a wooden covering.
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started his cartography workshop here in 1635, and it was continued by his son
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De Kees de jongenbrug, Prinsengracht entrance to Bloemgracht in the Jordaan
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and runs between and parallel to Nieuwe Leliestraat and Bloemstraat in the
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Jacobus Heiblocq ( 1623 - 1690 ) poet and rector of the Latin School
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The Rosa Overbeekbrug, a bridge over the Bloemgracht, November 2012
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described life on the Bloemgracht extensively in his books.
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is opposite the Kees de jongenbrug, in the shadow of the
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Cornelis Calkoen ( 1639 - 1710 ), wholesaler and captain
563:( 1595 - 1674 ), governor of New Netherland (1632–1633)
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The Bloemgracht is spanned by five bridges, all fixed:
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Harry Slinger (born 1949 on the Bloemgracht), singer
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Thomas Asselijn ( 1620 - 1701 ) poet and playwright
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593:( 1638 - 1731 ), anatomist, zoologist and botanist
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614:( 1742 - 1809 ), wallpaper painter and draftsman
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584:( 1623 - 1676 ), history and portrait painter
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321:Amsterdam Bloemgracht 87, 89 and 91 angle
179:district. The canal is named after the
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575:( 1619 - 1675 ), organist and composer
620:( 1873 - 1968 ), composer and pianist
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599:( 1647 - 1733, horse and war painter
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569:( 1596 - 1639 ), still life painter
43:Location of Bloemgracht (dark blue)
645:(born 1967), writer and journalist
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52:.47 kilometres (0.29 mi)
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608:( 1646 - 1733 ), painter
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461:Tweede Bloemdwarsstraat
264:Pacifist Socialist Party
778:Oudezijds Achterburgwal
551:on Prinsengracht 263.
637:Matthijs van Nieuwkerk
561:Sebastiaen Jansen Krol
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96:52.374572°N 4.880153°E
1030:Plantage Muidergracht
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368:Bloemgracht 13 has a
307:Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
156:[ˈblumˌɣrɑxt]
1073:Prinseneilandsgracht
1015:Nieuwe Prinsengracht
1010:Nieuwe Keizersgracht
159:) is a canal in the
152:Dutch pronunciation:
1157:Canals in Amsterdam
1098:Oostelijke Eilanden
1055:Westelijke Eilanden
1020:Nieuwe Achtergracht
703:Canals of Amsterdam
662:Canals of Amsterdam
612:Jurriaen Andriessen
606:Jan van Huchtenburg
597:Jan van Huchtenburg
498:Kees de Jongenbrug
101:52.374572; 4.880153
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1005:Nieuwe Herengracht
856:Waalseilandsgracht
739:(partly filled up)
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573:Anthoni van Noordt
478:Rosa Overbeekbrug
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137:Construction start
16:Canal in Amsterdam
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919:Blauwburgwal
909:Singelgracht
861:Rapenburgwal
831:Groenburgwal
788:Geldersekade
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363:Architecture
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132:Construction
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889:Herengracht
816:Kromme Waal
783:Grimburgwal
618:Anna Cramer
567:Jan den Uyl
549:Westertoren
370:clock gable
205:Atlas Maior
148:Bloemgracht
99: /
75:Coordinates
67:Postal code
20:Bloemgracht
846:Oudeschans
841:Raamgracht
761:Inner City
458:Atlasbrug
281:innovator
200:Joan Blaeu
84:52°22′28″N
70:1015, 1016
1106:Oosterdok
711:Excludes
171:with the
165:Amsterdam
87:4°52′49″E
61:Amsterdam
1151:Category
997:Plantage
724:sections
656:See also
512:Centrum
490:Centrum
470:Centrum
450:Centrum
429:Manager
57:Location
1143:Sources
954:Jordaan
808:Lastage
426:Height
424:Passage
419:Passage
392:Bridges
187:History
181:bulwark
161:Jordaan
798:Singel
743:Amstel
731:Damrak
722:Amstel
444:10,00
421:Width
269:After
49:Length
737:Rokin
668:Notes
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526:4,60
509:1,78
506:6,30
487:2,04
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