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Riots in 1696 Tsar Peter (see p105) stayed Herengracht (1790) Herengracht (c.1670)
Herengracht 489 to Jan Six II No. 507 at No. 527 Herengracht, A delicate watercolour GA Berckheijde’s etching shows one side of
the canal bare of trees. Elms were later
Herengracht was
by J Prins shows the
the Amstel HERENGRACHT The façade of No. 495 the home of home of the Russian “gentlemen’s canal” planted, binding the topsoil, to strengthen
Herengracht was rebuilt
ambassador, after a night of
and a balcony added mayor Jacob drunken revelry at No. 317 from Koningsplein. the buildings’ foundations.
The second half of the walk takes you along Herengracht, KEIZERSGRACHT by Jean Coulon in Boreel. His house Keizersgracht in 1716.
AMSTEL
was looted in
winding past grand, wide-fronted mansions. It then REGULIERSGRACHT 1739 for burgomaster retaliation for the No. 543 Herengracht was built in
follows Reguliersgracht and Prinsengracht down to the PRINSENGRACHT and art expert Jan Six. burial tax he The asymmetrical building at Nos. 533–7 1743 under the supervision of owner
Herengracht was built in 1910 on the site of
Amstel. Many of the fine houses have been converted introduced into four former houses. From 1968 to 1988 it was Sibout Bollard. It has a double-
fronted façade with an ornate
into banks, offices and exclusive apartment blocks. the city. the Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths. balustrade and decorated balcony.
Locator Map The small houses at the corner of
Herengracht and Thorbeckeplein
contrast with the grand
neighbouring buildings.
Vijzelstraat
Herengracht
The house at No. 491 No. 493 Herengracht The Kattenkabinet at Three houses boasting Reguliers
Herengracht was built This 17th-century house No. 497 Herengracht typical neck gables, at The Nieuwe Amsterdammer Isaac Gosschalk Monastery
in 1671. The façade, was given a Louis XV-style was created by financier Nos. 17, 19 and 21 A weekly magazine aimed at Amsterdam’s The façades of Nos. 37 Reguliersgracht Bridges The architect designed Nos. 57, This engraving
rebuilt in the 18th façade in 1767 by Anthony B Meijer in 1984. It is Reguliersgracht, are now Bolshevik intelligentsia was published at and 39 Reguliersgracht Seven arched stone 59 and 63 Reguliersgracht in by J Wagenaar
century, is decorated van Hemert. devoted to exhibits much sought after as No. 19 Reguliersgracht from 1914 to 1920. lean towards the water, bridges cross the canal, 1879. They have ornate (1760) shows the
with scrolls, vases and featuring the cat in art. prestigious addresses. showing the danger which was originally stone, brick and monastery that once
coats of arms. caused by subsidence designed to be a street. woodwork façades. stood on the canal.
when building on
marshland.
Directions to
Reguliersgracht
At Thorbeckeplein,
take the bridge to the
right, which marks
the beginning of
Reguliersgracht. Keizersgracht
Follow the left bank.
Reguliersgracht

The spout-gabled (see Houseboats on My Domestic Companions The Amstel
Restaurant Nel Prinsengracht Nos. 1059 and 1061 Prinsengracht Society portraitist Thérèse van Turn left and follow
The Amstelkerk (Amstel pp100–101) 16th-century All registered houseboats have tiny basement entrances, rare amid Duyl Schwartze painted this the broad sweep of
warehouses at Nos. 11 and
Church) now houses a 13 Reguliersgracht are called have postal addresses and the splendour of the Canal Ring, where picture in 1916. She owned the Amstel river, up
restaurant and offices, the Sun and the Moon. are connected to the the height of the steps was considered Nos. 1087, 1089 and 1091 past the Magere Brug,
while the square is a electricity mains. an indication of wealth. Prinsengracht, a handsome on up Rokin and back
popular playground for Café Marcella, at No. 1047a The sober spout-gabled building row of houses where she lived to the Dam, where the
children from the with her extended family. walk began.
Amstelveld in the 17th Century surrounding area. Prinsengracht, is a typical at No. 1075 Prinsengracht was built
This etching shows the construction of local bar which has seating Utrechtsestraat as a warehouse in 1690.
a wooden church at Amstelveld, with outside in summer.
sheep grazing in front of it.
Directions to
Prinsengracht
Turn left by the church,
take the left bank of
Prinsengracht and walk
to the Amstel river. Prinsengracht

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