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229:. The Goudsbloemgracht was backfilled after 1857, the Anjeliersgracht in 1861, the Elandsgracht in 1891 and the Rozengracht in 1889. The reasons for back-filling were the poor water quality and the need to create space for increasing traffic. The Rozengracht became an important tram connection between the center and the neighborhoods west of the Singelgracht. Various plans to back-fill other canals met with resistance from residents, shopkeepers and market traders.
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monastery ' Sint-Andries- ter-Zaliger-Haven' was initially outside the city walls. After the city expansion of 1612, the site came to lie within the city: between
Lindengracht, Tweede Lindendwarsstraat, Lijnbaansgracht and Karthuizersstraat. The only thing that visibly recalls the monastery -
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The
Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie was located in the former public school 111 on Lindengracht 93.
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Suykerhofje from 1667 , Lindengracht 149-163. (The Nieuwe
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These alleys have usually been given a different use after restoration or new construction of adjacent buildings.
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An entrance to the former Lagere School nr. 113 located on
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The OKC (Municipal Parent and Child Center) has been located at
Lindengracht 204 since 2009. The
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426:(c. 1589–1638), painter and printmaker, had a large house on the Lindengracht from 1620 to1631
420:(1598–1664), a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, was living on the Lindengracht when he died
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district just west of the canal belt. The canal was back-filled in 1895. It connected the
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Lindenhofje , Lindengracht 94-112 from 1616 is one of the oldest courtyards in Amsterdam.
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were back-filled in 1895. There were eleven canals in the Jordaan: from north to south:
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242:(Eel riot) in which 25 people were killed.
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251:Jan Ernst van der Pek
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681:Rozengracht
439:Eel pulling
412:Jan de Bray
247:Louise Went
211:Rozengracht
207:Bloemgracht
100: /
76:Coordinates
68:Postal code
33:Louise Went
749:Categories
651:Palmgracht
626:Houtgracht
610:Spuistraat
418:Jan Micker
296:Courtyards
191:Palmgracht
187:Palmgracht
171:Carthusian
85:52°22′49″N
700:Old maps:
508:Pi Vèriss
451:Image of
154:with the
140:Amsterdam
88:4°53′04″E
62:Amsterdam
515:Vreeland
58:Location
583:Former
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162:History
148:Centrum
144:Jordaan
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497:Trivia
317:Alleys
50:Length
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