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Munttoren
Sign in to saveAlso known as Munt, rijksmonument 3729, Regulierspoort
thumb|220px|Muntplein (Amsterdam)|Muntplein square with the Munttoren The Munttoren (; "Mint Tower") or Munt () is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tower
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Amsterdam
- Image
- Munttoren in Amsterdam 2015.jpg
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- Commons category
- Munttoren
- located on street
- Muntplein
- heritage designation
- Rijksmonument
- architect
- Hendrick de Keyser
- architectural style
- Renaissance architecture
- postal code
- 1012WR
- street address
- Muntplein 12
- native label
- Munttoren
- date of official opening
- 1500-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Further reading
thumb|220px|Muntplein (Amsterdam)|Muntplein square with the Munttoren The Munttoren (; "Mint Tower") or Munt () is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street.
==History== thumb|The Regulierspoort before the fire The tower was originally part of the Regulierspoort, one of the main gates in Amsterdam's medieval city wall. The gate, built in the years 1480, consisted of two towers and a guard house.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Munttoren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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