Plantin-Moretus Museum

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The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a historic printing and publishing house in Antwerp, Belgium, renowned for its well-preserved 16th-century presses and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
historic house museum
museum
printing museum
architecturalStyle Flemish Renaissance
collectionType archives
engravings
historical books
manuscripts
printing presses
type foundry equipment
coordinateLocation 51.219°N 4.399°E
country Belgium
formerUse printing house
publishing house
hasCollection early printed books
old master prints
typographical materials
hasPart courtyards
garden
historic printing workshop
residential quarters
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inception 1876
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
locatedIn Antwerp
Antwerp Province
Flanders
historic centre of Antwerp
locatedOn Vrijdagmarkt square
namedAfter Christophe Plantin
Moretus family
notableFor archives of the Plantin and Moretus families
complete printing and publishing house complex
history of early European printing
well-preserved 16th-century printing presses
officialName Plantin-Moretus Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Museum Plantin-Moretus
operator Antwerp
surface form: City of Antwerp
partOf historic centre of Antwerp
significantPeriod 16th century
17th century
streetAddress Vrijdagmarkt 22
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2005
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1185

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Antwerp hasLandmark Plantin-Moretus Museum
World Heritage Sites in Belgium hasExample Plantin-Moretus Museum
this entity surface form: Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
Plantin-Moretus Museum officialName Plantin-Moretus Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Museum Plantin-Moretus