Athenaeum Illustre
Athenaeum Illustre
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Neighborhood: Centrum
Amsterdam’s buzzing hub, with its sprawling network of tram rails and a seemingly constant flow of tourists and commuters, yields convenient access to some of the best sightseeing, shopping, and street life in Europe. Closest at hand are the Royal Palace, the quaint shops of Haalremmerdijk, the pedestrianized zones Kalverstraat and Dam Square with popular neighborhoods such as the Red Light District, and the Canal Ring hardly more than a moment’s stroll away. With the well-connected Centraal Station as Centrum’s base, it's easy to travel farther afield via one of the city’s iconic trams.
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- Nieuwmarkt • 7 min walk
- Waterlooplein • 7 min walk
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zdaati
Vienna, Austria4,663 contributions
May 2021 • Business
A barique gate with a history, stone archway is the entrance to the old agnieten chapel, which was moved here at the time of the foundation of the amsterdam lllustrious school. Nice sanstone with bricks and lion heads reliefs and mans head saying something. Interesting
Written June 9, 2021
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Solodam J
Amsterdam, The Netherlands34,789 contributions
Dec 2014 • Solo
It is now a monument, one of 50 things in amsterdam that had very important meaning and development in the history of Amsterdam. It was a city-sponsored 'illustrous school' in the old Agnieten chapel. The chapel is the only remains of the Agnietenmonastery. It was predecessor to the University of Amsterdam and now is part of the university. The beautiful baroque gate of the Agnieten chapel has an iron gate attached that spells out "Athenaeum Illustre 1632-1921"
Written December 27, 2014
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Poland3,022 contributions
May 2017 • Solo
The stone archway (Vredeman de Vries, 1571), these days guarding the entrance to the old Agnieten chapel, was moved from the old city carpentry yard, located at the Nieuwe Doelenstraat, to this location, in 1631, around the foundation of the Amsterdam "Illustrious" school, the University of Amsterdam's predecessor. Pretty sandstone and brick archway with reliefs of lions heads and a man's head apparently saying something. A.A. Kok designed the metal gate at the time of the chapel's overhaul in 1921. Nice object, pleasing to behold.
Written May 4, 2017
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