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| Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the SingelgrachtUNESCO World Heritage SiteBoats on the Prinsengracht, 2018LocationAmsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(i)(ii)(iv)Reference1349Inscription2010 (34th session)Area198.2xc2xa0ha (490 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone481.7xc2xa0ha (1,190 acres)Coordinates52xc2xb021xe2x80xb254xe2x80xb3N 4xc2xb053xe2x80xb216xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf52.36500xc2xb0N 4.88778xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 52.36500; 4.88778Coordinates: 52xc2xb021xe2x80xb254xe2x80xb3N 4xc2xb053xe2x80xb216xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf52.36500xc2xb0N 4.88778xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 52.36500; 4.88778Location of Canals of Amsterdam in North HollandShow map of North HollandCanals of Amsterdam (Netherlands)Show map of Netherlands | WIKI |
| [1] The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010,[2] contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North". | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 2 Water quality 3 Notable canals in the Canal Belt 3.1 Singel 3.2 Herengracht 3.3 Keizersgracht 3.4 Prinsengracht 4 Other notable canals 4.1 Zwanenburgwal 4.2 Brouwersgracht 4.3 Kloveniersburgwal 4.4 Brantasgracht, Lamonggracht, Majanggracht and Seranggracht 5 See also 6 References 7 External links | WIKI |
| Numerous tourists view Amsterdam from canal boat tours (2015) | WIKI |
| Much of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning. | WIKI |
| Known as the "grachtengordel",[5] three of the canals are mostly for residential development (Herengracht or xe2x80x98xe2x80x99Patricians' Canalxe2x80x99xe2x80x99; Keizersgracht or xe2x80x98xe2x80x99Emperor's Canalxe2x80x99xe2x80x99; and Prinsengracht or xe2x80x98xe2x80x99Prince's Canalxe2x80x99xe2x80x99), and a fourth, outer canal, the Singelgracht, for purposes of defense and water management. | WIKI |
| The plan also envisaged interconnecting canals along radii; a set of parallel canals in the Jordaan quarter (primarily for the transportation of goods, for example, beer); the conversion of an existing, inner perimeter canal (Singel) from a defensive purpose to residential and commercial development; and more than one hundred bridges. | WIKI |
| The eastern part of the concentric canal plan, covering the area between the Amstel river and the IJ Bay, was not implemented for a long time. | WIKI |
| Amsterdam's canal, second half of 17th century. | WIKI |
| Up until this point, houses released wastewater into the canal. | WIKI |
| Notable canals in the Canal Belt[edit] | WIKI |
| The canal runs from the IJ Bay, near Central Station, to the Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. | WIKI |
| It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam's semicircular ring of canals. | WIKI |
| The canal should not be confused with Singelgracht canal, which became the outer limit of the city during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th Century. | WIKI |
| Herengracht (Patricians' Canal or Lords' Canal) is the first of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam. | WIKI |
| The canal is named after the heren regeerders who governed the city in the 16th and 17th century. | WIKI |
| Keizersgracht (literal English translation: Emperor's Canal) is the second and widest of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam, in between Herengracht and Prinsengracht. | WIKI |
| Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is the fourth and the longest of the main canals in Amsterdam. | WIKI |
| Most of the canal houses along it were built during the Dutch Golden Age of the United Provinces. | WIKI |
| The bridges over the Prinsengracht canal connect with the streets in the Jordaan in the West and the Weteringbuurt on the East side. | WIKI |
| Annually, the Prinsengrachtconcert is held on a pontoon in the canal in front of Hotel Pulitzer. | WIKI |
| Zwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of Amsterdam. | WIKI |
| The canal was originally named Verversgracht ("dyers' canal"), after the textile industry that once dominated this part of town. | WIKI |
| Dyed textiles were hung to dry along the canal. | WIKI |
| Brouwersgracht is a canal in the city centre of Amsterdam and is part of the canal belt connecting the Singel, Herengracht, Keizergracht and Prinsengracht and marks the northern border of the canal belt. | WIKI |
| The canal served as a site for ships returning from Asia with spices and silks, therefore Brouwersgracht had many warehouses and storage depots for the ships inventories. | WIKI |
| Houseboats also are seen in the canal. | WIKI |
| Kloveniersburgwal is a canal running south from Nieuwmarkt to the Amstel River on the edge of the medieval city. | WIKI |
| The canals are lined with modern interpretations of classic Amsterdam canal houses, which were designed by 19 young Dutch architects. | WIKI |
| The Amsterdam Canal District illustrates exemplary hydraulic and urban planning on a large scale through the entirely artificial creation of a large-scale port city. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (i): The Amsterdam Canal District is the design at the end of the 16th century and the construction in the 17th century of a new and entirely artificial xe2x80x98port city.xe2x80x99 It is a masterpiece of hydraulic engineering, town planning, and a rational programme of construction and bourgeois architecture. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The Amsterdam Canal District bears witness to an exchange of considerable influences over almost two centuries, in terms not only of civil engineering, town planning, and architecture, but also of a series of technical, maritime, and cultural fields. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The Amsterdam Canal District represents an outstanding example of a built urban ensemble that required and illustrates expertise in hydraulics, civil engineering, town planning, construction and architectural knowhow. | UNESCO |