Athenaeum Illustre, or Amsterdamse Atheneum, was a city-sponsored 'illustrious school' founded after the beeldenstorm in the old Agnieten chapel on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231 in Amsterdam, Netherla
The Baroque gate of the Agnietenkapel, which was originally made in 1571, was moved here in 1631, and today has an iron gate attached that spells out "Athenaeum Illustre 1632-1921"
Detail of Cornelis Anthonisz' 1544 woodcut of Amsterdam, showing the "Agnieten" with the chapel.
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The Oudezijds Voorburgwal, often abbreviated to OZ Voorburgwal, is a street and canal in De Wallen in the center of Amsterdam. It runs from the Grimburgwal in the south to the Zeedijk in the north, wh
Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
…Athenaeum Illustre, or Amsterdamse Atheneum, was a city-sponsored 'illustrious school' founded after the beeldenstorm in the old Agnieten chapel on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Famous scientists such as Caspar Barlaeus, Gerardus Vossius, Martinus Hortensius, Alexander de Bie, and Petrus Camper…
Oudezijds Voorburgwal
The Oude Kerk is the most important monumental building on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal.
Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the striking stepped gable of Het Wapen van Riga (OZ Voorburgwal 14), a 17th-century merchant's house
The extension of the city hall with modern façade in the Amsterdam School style to a design by N. Lansdorp from 1926