The National Monument on Dam Square is a 1956 cenotaph in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties
The National Monument in 2010
One of the two lion sculptures at the National Monument
The right-hand figure, symbolizing the resistance of the working classes
Remembrance of the Dead commemoration ceremony on 4 May 2014
J. J. P. Oud
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Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud was a Dutch architect. His fame began as a follower of the De Stijl movement.
National Monument (Amsterdam)
…Mayor Arnold Jan d'Ailly decided to consolidate the plans and build the privately funded monument on Dam Square, using Rädecker's designs. The architect Jacobus Oud was contracted to work together with Rädecker on the monument. The final design was approved by the Dutch government in 1952. Rädecker suffered from…
J.J.P. Oud
Gallery house at Weissenhof Estate designed by J. Oud
Café de Unie, Rotterdam (1925)