Herengracht

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canal waterway

Herengracht is one of Amsterdam’s most famous and historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s canal belt.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Herengracht canal	3
Herengracht 366	1
Herengracht 368	1
Herengracht 386	1
Herengracht 412	1
Herengracht 476	1
Herengracht Golden Bend section	1
within UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht’	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ waterway ⓘ
constructionStart	17th century ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
crosses	Leidsegracht ⓘ Reguliersgracht ⓘ Utrechtsestraat ⓘ Vijzelstraat ⓘ
developedDuring	Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
endPoint	Amstel River ⓘ
follows	Singel ⓘ
forms	part of concentric canal ring around Amsterdam centre ⓘ
formsWith	Keizersgracht ⓘ Prinsengracht ⓘ
hasFunction	status symbol for wealthy merchants ⓘ transport in early modern Amsterdam ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	canal houses with ornate gables ⓘ
hasNotableSection	area between Vijzelstraat and Leidsestraat ⓘ
hasPart	Gouden Bocht ⓘ Herengracht self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herengracht Golden Bend section
hasScenicValue	high ⓘ
hasUse	cultural ⓘ office ⓘ residential ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
isMajorCanalOf	Amsterdam ⓘ
knownFor	17th-century canal houses ⓘ Golden Bend ⓘ canal-side mansions ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ merchant houses ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Amsterdam ⓘ Grachtengordel ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam-Centrum province of North Holland ⓘ
namedAfter	Heren (Gentlemen) of Amsterdam city government ⓘ
parallelTo	Keizersgracht ⓘ Prinsengracht ⓘ
partOf	Grachtengordel ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam canal belt Grachtengordel ⓘ
startPoint	Brouwersgracht ⓘ
streetType	canal street ⓘ
tourismAttraction	yes ⓘ
urbanContext	historic city centre of Amsterdam ⓘ
waterwayType	inner-city canal ⓘ
worldHeritageSite	Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Singel → connectedTo → Herengracht ⓘ

Reguliersgracht → connectsTo → Herengracht ⓘ

Vijzelstraat → connectsWith → Herengracht ⓘ

Amsterdam-Centrum → contains → Herengracht ⓘ

Brouwersgracht → crosses → Herengracht ⓘ

Leidsegracht → crosses → Herengracht ⓘ

Reguliersgracht → crosses → Herengracht ⓘ

Vijzelstraat → crosses → Herengracht ⓘ

Gouden Bocht → follows → Herengracht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herengracht canal

Keizersgracht → follows → Herengracht ⓘ

Emperor’s Canal → formsWith → Herengracht ⓘ

Amsterdam → hasCanal → Herengracht ⓘ