Leprozengracht
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The Leprozengracht was a canal in Amsterdam that defined one side of the Vlooienburg island. Leprozengracht and the connected Houtgracht canal were filled in 1882 to form the Waterlooplein.
Leprozengracht looking northeast to the Mozes en Aäronkerk on the Houtgracht
Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode - Amsterdam (1625). North at bottom. Vlooyenburg is the rectangular island just above the center. Leprozengracht to the left (E), Houtgracht below (N), Verwerfsgracht to the right (W).
The Naarderveer on the Amstel on the corner with the Leprozengracht. On the right a small part of the Blauwbrug. c. 1659
The Oudezijds Huiszittenhuis on the Leprozengracht with the Arsenaal on the right. Seen along the Houtgracht to the Leprozengracht, with the Portuguese-Israelite Synagogue in the distance. c. 1710
Vlooienburg
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Vlooienburg or Vloonburg was a filled-in island in the Amstel river on the site of the Stopera in Amsterdam. In the seventeenth century, a lively migrant neighborhood emerged here with timber traders,
Drawing of the interior of the Talmud Torah at Houtgracht (1664), demolished in 1931
Archeologists at Waterlooplein (1981)