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25: 130: 180:(later called the Overtoomse Vaart, and since 1902, just the Overtoom). From the Overtoom via the Schinkel the Heiligeweg went on via the Sloterkade and Sloterstraatweg (now the Rijnsburgstraat and Sloterweg) to Sloten. The sections between Sloten and 184:
has been eaten up by the Haarlemmermeer. Much of the route between Sloten and the Overtoomse Sluis is still present (Sloterweg and Sloterkade). A large part has vanished due to the construction of a business park.
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may be seen part of the Holy Way in its original medieval form, for constructions built during medieval city expansion may be found here, outside the
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that had run since 1877. Today the Holy Street is a shopping street connecting the two popular shopping streets
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and, from there, with the rest of Holland. In 1904 electric tram number 1 replaced the horse-drawn tram from
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Up to around 1500 this was one of the most important overland routes between Amsterdam and
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to each other. Halfway along the Heiligeweg may be found the Voetboogstraat with its 1603
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to the shrine, and this new street became known as the Holy Way.
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Miracle of Amsterdam
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Holy Way Gate
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Vaart
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Leidscheplein
Amstelveenscheweg
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