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8 Allard Pierson It is the first Dutch Reformed
Museum church to feature a circular ground
plan and two upper galleries,
Oude Turfmarkt 127. Map 5 A2. giving the whole congre gation
Tel 020-5252556. v 4, 9, 14, 16. a clear view of the pulpit.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, In 1882 a fire destroyed
1–5pm Sat, Sun & public hols. everything but the exterior walls.
Closed 1 Jan, Easter Sun, 27 Apr, Allard Pierson Museum’s Neo-Classical façade
Whitsun, 25 Dec. & 7 8 When the interior and entrance
∑ allardpiersonmuseum.nl of Bremer and Bentheimer stone were rebuilt in 1883, they were
made more square and more
Amsterdam’s only specialist 0 Magna Plaza ornate. A vaulted copper dome
archaeological collection is Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 182. replaced the earlier ribbed ver-
named after Allard Pierson Map 1 C4. Tel 020-6269199. v 1, sion. Falling attendance led to
(1831–96), a humanist and 2, 5, 13, 14, 17. Open noon–7pm the closure of the church in 1935.
scholar. The collection was Sun, 11am–7pm Mon, 10am–7pm The building is now used by
moved into this handsome Tue–Sat. Closed 27 Apr, 25 Dec, Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel
Neo-Classical building in 1976. 1 Jan. See Shopping: p148. 7 as a business centre. Concerts
The museum contains Cypriot, ∑ magnaplaza.nl are sometimes held here.
Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Etruscan
and Coptic artifacts. A post office building has been
sited here since 1748. The w Centraal Station
present building was completed
9 Torensluis in 1899; CP Peters, the architect, Stationsplein. Map 2 E3. Tel 0900-
9292. v 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 13, 16, 17.
was ridiculed for the extra- q Centraal Station. Open daily. 7
Singel, between Torensteeg and
Oude Leliestraat. Map 1 C4. vagance of its Neo-Gothic
v 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, 17. design. Redeveloped but well When the Centraal Station
preserved, in 1990 it opened opened in 1889, it replaced the
The Torensluis is one of the as the city’s first shopping mall. old harbour as the symbolic focal
widest bridges in the city. Built point of the city and curtained
on the site of a 17th-century q Ronde Lutherse Amsterdam off from the sea. The
sluice gate, it took its name Neo-Gothic red-brick railway
from a tower that stood here Kerk terminus was designed by PJH
until demolished in 1829. Kattengat 2. Map 2 D3. Tel 020- Cuypers and AL van Gendt. Three
Its outline is marked in the 6212223. v 1, 2, 5, 13, 17. artificial islands were created,
pavement. A lock-up jail was 8,600 wooden piles supporting
built in its foundations. This church, also known as the structure. The twin towers
In summer, café tables on Nieuwe Lutherse Kerk, was and central section have archi-
the bridge offer pleasant views designed by Adriaan Dortsman tectural echoes of a triumphal
down the Singel. (1625–82) and opened in 1671. arch. The façade’s decorations

An outdoor café on the Torensluis bridge overlooking the Singel canal
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp396–7 and pp406–9

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