Jewish Broad Street
Year 1906 07-03-1906. The Jodenbreestraat (“Jewish Broad Street”) is a street in the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The street connects the Sint Antoniesluis sluice gates to the Mr. Visserplein traffic circle. The street was home to the painter Rembrandt. Philosopher Baruch Spinoza was born in a house that stood on the spot where the Mozes […]
Beurs van Berlage
Year 1903. 21-10-1903. The Beurs van Berlage is a building on the Damrak, in the centre of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It influenced many modernist architects, in particular functionalists and the Amsterdam School. It is now used as a venue […]
Rembrandt House
Year 1906. 07-03-1906. Rembrandt lived and worked in this beautiful and monumental house between 1639 and 1658. Address: Rembrandthuis, Jodenbreestraat Nr 4, Amsterdam. Rembrandt van Rijn Born: 15-07-1606 Leiden. Died: 04-10-1669 Amsterdam. Buried: 08-10-1669 Amsterdam. The Westerkerk, Dutch Protestant church in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood […]