Zwanenburgwal
The Zwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of
The Zwanenburgwal flows from the Sint Antoniessluis
river. The canal was originally named Verversgracht ("dyers' canal"), after the textile industry that once dominated this part of town. Dyed textiles were hung to dry along the canal.Waterlooplein, a market-square popular among city visitors, sits along the Zwanenburgwal. The combined city hall and opera house structure, the Stopera, lies at the intersection of the Zwanenburgwal and the river Amstel. Also on this corner lies the Joods Verzetsmonument, a monument to the Jewish resistance during World War II, where a ceremony in remembrance of the Kristallnacht massacre is held each year.
Well-known inhabitants of the Zwanenburgwal include the following painters:
The Zwanenburgwal was originally an arm of the Amstel delta which was dug into a canal at the start of the 17th Century. In 1602 the Sint Antoniesdijk, a
With the arrival in Amsterdam of large numbers of
References
- ^ Het Parool: Mooiste Amsterdamse straat (Dutch)
- ^ Theo Bakker's Domein: Vlooienburg & Zwanenburg Archived January 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)