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Behind the H'ART Museum on the Nieuwe
Herengracht 18 and 20 are the 18th-century houses Het Corvershof and Amstelrank. The monumental buildings were also commissioned by the Diaconie to accommodate and care for the elderly and the sick. Like Van Limmikhof and Hodshonhof, which are located on Nieuwe
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was built between Nieuwe
Herengracht and Nieuwe Keizersgracht in monumental classical style as a home for the elderly in need. The construction was made possible by a bequest and the donation of the building land by the city administration. It remained in use as a nursing home until 2007. The
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The
Herengracht, dug in 1612, is named after the Heren Regeerders who governed Amsterdam in the 16th and 17th centuries. The part between Leidsegracht and the Amstel belongs to the expansion of 1658. With the last expansion, the section was laid east of the Amstel to Schippersgracht, where the
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style, a door and window frame and a stylish frontal sidewalk and the rococo decorative fence. Aaron Joseph de Pinto, 1710–58, a rich Jewish merchant and art collector, bought the late 17th-century building in 1734 and had it thoroughly renovated in 1751 and fitted with a new (current)
222:(bridge 237: Walter Süskindbrug), Weesperstraat (bridge 238: M.S. Vaz Diasbrug ), Muiderstraat (bridge 239: Hortusbrug) and bridge 50 in line with Plantage Doklaan. These were replaced by the current bridges in the 1960s and 1970s.
234:, originally intended by the Amsterdam city council as a medicinal herb garden, was moved to the Nieuwe Herengracht. This botanical garden located on the bank of the Nieuwe Herengracht in the Hortus Bridge (
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Keizersgracht, they are part of the
Amstelhoven complex, which used to include the building that now houses the H'ART Museum. They share the communal garden designed by Bureau
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Herengracht has been part of the shipping connection between the Amstel and the Oosterdok and the IJ respectively. Before this the connection was via the
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painted five permanent paintings (wall hangings) for this house at the end of the 17th century. The client was Jacob H. de
Granada, owner of a plantation in
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A typical example of a raised frame façade with a small semi-circular center elevation is found on Nieuwe
Herengracht 99, completed in 1700.
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Amsterdam reduced demand for land, some building plots were donated to charities. For example, in 1682 the
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Ben Sajet (1887–1986), socially engaged doctor and social-democratic
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Willem Hovy, owner of De
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on the California coast. The canvases were subsequently spread over half the world.
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416:(1876–1941), communist, lived at Nieuwe Herengracht 67 from 1907 to 1910 .
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to be admitted to the bar, lived at Nieuwe Herengracht 103.
362:(1670–1749), Dutch admiral, lived at Nieuwe Herengracht 99.
387:(1769–1845), patriot, received 99 Nieuwe Herengracht from
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Jan van Mekeren, rich Amsterdam wood buyer and benefactor.
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Aaron Joseph de Pinto (1710–1758), merchant and collector.
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Corvershof facade on the Nieuwe Herengracht; around 1920
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complex has been radically renovated. In 2009, the
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Wim Ibo (1918–2000), comedian, writer and producer.
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960:Canals in Amsterdam
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247:Amstelhof
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