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and the Amstel was developed during the city expansion of 1658. The section to the east of the Amstel was constructed during the last expansion. This part was named Nieuwe Prinsengracht.
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from 1635 with the Secret Annex from 1740 at Prinsengracht 263 (near the Westertoren), later internally connected to expanded museum space in the adjacent Prinsengracht 265-267.
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Construction started in 1612 on the initiative of Mayor Frans Hendricksz. Oetgens, after a design by city carpenter Hendrick Jacobsz Staets and city surveyor Lucas Jansz Sinck.
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Map of Amsterdam by Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode (1625). Detail of the larger map with the still short Prinsengracht ending at the Leidsegracht (top center).
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In the Dutch comedy series Het Zonnetje in Huis, the main café of main character Piet Bovenkerk, Café Vijf Bier, is located on the Prinsengracht.
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to the southeast and flows into the Amstel. The odd numbered side of the canal is on the side of the heart of the city (
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Between Prinsengracht 1047 and 1049 - at the Utrechtsestraat - there is the Amstelveld with the special
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The Korte Prinsengracht is in the extension of the Prinsengracht between the Brouwersgracht and the
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church building from 1858. (Until 1974 it was the Catholic Sint-Willibrorduskerk within the Veste.)
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became the owner of an empty plot, now Prinsengracht 2-10; his heirs, two daughters who married
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A typical example of a 19th-century so-called Ojief spout facade at Prinsengracht 556.
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The van Brienenhofje, or Rk. St Van Brienens Founded The Star at Prinsengracht 89–133.
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There are many monuments and monumental canal houses on the Prinsengracht, including:
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The best-preserved copy of five identical neck gables from 1701 at Prinsengracht 849.
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The Prinsengracht starts in the north at the Brouwersgracht, bends parallel to the
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At Prinsengracht 806 and 1055 is the intersection with Utrechtsestraat
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is a 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi)-long canal that runs parallel to the
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At Prinsengracht 444 and 707 you will find the intersection with
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Between Prinsengracht 16 and 18 - at Westerstraat - there is the
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with the Westertoren on Prinsengracht 281 (on the Westermarkt).
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on the corner with the Brouwersgracht at Prinsengracht 2–4.
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has been held annually in August on a pontoon in front of
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and Isaac Coymans, sold the lots in 1617, 1618 and 1622.
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The Prinsengracht is spanned by 14 bridges, all fixed:
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At Prinsengracht 644 and 927 is the intersection with
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At Prinsengracht 182 and 281 is the intersection with
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The Palace of Justice from 1829 at Prinsengracht 436.
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Amsterdam
52°22′12″N 4°52′58″E / 52.370021°N 4.882698°E / 52.370021; 4.882698
Brouwersgracht
Amstel
Keizersgracht
Amsterdam
Prince of Orange
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Westerdok

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crow-stepped gable
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