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The plots of land in the neighbourhood were leased by the city for a period of 20 years (with the possibility of a 10-year extension). This was because the city council intended to sell the parcels later on; permanent buildings were therefore not allowed. Temporary buildings were tolerated. In 1682,
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Plantage's main road is called Plantage Middenlaan. Most other street names in the neighbourhood also start with the name Plantage: Plantage Parklaan, Plantage Kerklaan, Plantage Doklaan, Plantage Badlaan, Plantage Lepellaan, Plantage Muidergracht, Plantage Westermanlaan (formerly Plantage
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In the 19th century, Plantage was an amusement district with entertainment venues and theatres. From 1880 to 1935, on the site of the current Plantage Westermanplantsoen, stood the circular Panoramagebouw (Panorama Building). From 1879, summer theatre
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that had large numbers of 19th century buildings. Today, Plantage still has a much greener and more spacious character compared to other neighbourhoods of the old 17th century city limits within the Singelgracht.
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The area came within Amsterdam city limits after the completion of the fourth large urban expansion of 1663. Due to an economic crisis caused by the
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It was this building that, on 18 July 1942, became a deportation centre from which arrested Jews were deported to extermination camps during the
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practised their performing arts. Artis Schouwburg, later called Hollandsche Schouwburg, famously premiered many plays by
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events, the city government could not find enough buyers for the land. Construction in the area, which was then called
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Prinsenlaan) and Plantagekade. The street formerly known as Plantage Franselaan is now called Henri Polaklaan, after
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The whitewashed townhouses by G.W. Breuker, on Henri Polaklaan, Plantage Middenlaan, and Plantage Parklaan (1865).
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opened the Artis zoo in 1838, making it the oldest zoo in the Netherlands. Of the three main canals of the
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After 1860, the area became more urbanised and as such, Plantage was the only residential area within the
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museum until 2011. In 2011 and 2012 the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum was also located in the Plantage area.
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building on the Artis complex. Until 2010 the building housed an exhibition space of the
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The Artis Aquarium Building, Plantage Middenlaan 53, by A. Salm and G.B. Salm (1882).
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were built where Amsterdam's citizens could go and relax in green surroundings.
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evacuated Jewish babies to the countryside under the direction of
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The St. Jacob retirement home, Plantage Middenlaan 52 (1861).
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to the west. In the centre of the neighbourhood lies the
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The new developments of the St. Jacob's retirement home.
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Neighbourhood of Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands
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Plantage Amsterdam - The Cultural Garden of Amsterdam
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The Plantage neighbourhood includes museums such as:
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The initial design for the city's fourth expansion (
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The Library Building at Artis, by G.B. Salm (1868).
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Index

Plantage (Amsterdam)
Neighbourhood
Amsterdam
Entrance of Hortus Botanicus in Plantage
Hortus Botanicus
Location of Plantage in Amsterdam
Country
Netherlands
Province
North Holland
Municipality
Amsterdam
Borough
Centrum
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Centrum
borough
Entrepotdok
Plantage Muidergracht
Nieuwe Herengracht
Natura Artis Magistra

Dutch
Daniël Stalpaert
Rampjaar
pleasure gardens
orchards
Hortus Botanicus
botanical gardens

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