Prinsengracht

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Prinsengracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, known for its picturesque waterways, houseboats, and traditional canal houses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
coordinateLocation 52.374°N 4.884°E
country Netherlands
endPoint Amstel River
hasCharacteristic historic canal
houseboats along the canal
lined with traditional canal houses
navigable by small boats
picturesque waterway
popular with tourists
residential area
hasCulturalSignificance iconic image in Amsterdam tourism
symbol of Amsterdam’s Golden Age urban planning
hasLandmark Anne Frank House
De Duif church
Homomonument
Houseboat Museum
Noorderkerk
Westerkerk
hasPart Prinsengracht canal houses
Prinsengracht houseboats
bridges over Prinsengracht
hasView church towers
historic gabled facades
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageDesignationAppliesToPart Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
inception 17th century
locatedIn Amsterdam
locatedInAdministrativeEntity province of North Holland
namedAfter Prince of Nassau
Prince of Orange
parallelTo Herengracht
Keizersgracht
Singel
partOf Amsterdam canal belt
Amsterdam cityscape
Grachtengordel
startPoint Brouwersgracht
streetType canal street
traverses Amsterdam-Centrum
Jordaan neighborhood
usedFor recreation
residential moorings
tourist boat tours


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