Bloemgracht
Sign in to saveThe Bloemgracht () is a canal in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It connects the Prinsengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht and runs between and parallel to Nieuwe Leliestraat and Bloemstraat in the Amsterdam-Centrum district. The canal is named after the bulwark "de Bloem", later called "Rijkeroord". From 1614 a windmill was located here, but it was moved to Haarlemmerweg in 1878.
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It is catalogued under the topic Canals in Amsterdam.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- street
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Amsterdam
- Image
- RosaOverbeekbrug.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bloemgracht, Amsterdam
- described at URL
- adamlink.nl/geo/street/bloemgracht/503
- inception
- 1613-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Architecture
- Bridges
- Notable residents
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
The Bloemgracht () is a canal in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It connects the Prinsengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht and runs between and parallel to Nieuwe Leliestraat and Bloemstraat in the Amsterdam-Centrum district. The canal is named after the bulwark "de Bloem", later called "Rijkeroord". From 1614 a windmill was located here, but it was moved to Haarlemmerweg in 1878.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bloemgracht” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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