Singel
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Singel is a historic canal in Amsterdam that once served as the city’s medieval moat and now forms part of its iconic canal belt.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
→
waterway → |
| adjacentTo |
Dam Square area (via side streets)
→
Muntplein →
surface form: "Koningsplein"
Muntplein → Spui → |
| connectedTo |
Brouwersgracht
→
Damrak (via nearby waterways) → Herengracht → Keizersgracht → Prinsengracht → |
| country | Netherlands → |
| endPoint |
Brouwersgracht
→
Centraal Station area → |
| eraOfOrigin | Middle Ages → |
| etymology | derived from Middle Dutch word ‘singel’ meaning belt or encircling → |
| formerFunction | medieval city moat of Amsterdam → |
| functionChange | from defensive moat to inner canal of canal belt → |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic canal
→
part of UNESCO World Heritage area → |
| hasLandmark |
Aalsmeer flower market stalls (part of Bloemenmarkt)
→
Begijnhof (nearby, accessible from Singel) → Bloemenmarkt → Cromhouthuizen → De Krijtberg church → House with the Heads → Munttoren → Ronde Lutherse Kerk → |
| hasStreetName | Singel → |
| heritageStatus |
Herengracht
→
surface form: "within UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht’"
|
| languageOfName | Dutch → |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
→
historic center of Amsterdam → North Holland →
surface form: "province of North Holland"
region of Randstad → |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
→
Central European Time → |
| partOf |
Grachtengordel
→
surface form: "Amsterdam canal belt"
Grachtengordel → |
| startPoint |
IJ Bay
→
surface form: "IJ bay (historically)"
Muntplein → |
| tourismImportance | major tourist attraction in Amsterdam → |
| traversedBy | multiple road bridges → |
| urbanContext | part of Amsterdam’s inner ring of canals → |
| usedFor |
recreational boating
→
tourist boat tours → urban drainage → |
| waterType | freshwater → |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Begijnhof (Amsterdam)"
subject surface form: "Begijnhof (Amsterdam)"