De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem

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historic building monument in Haarlem weigh house

De Waag (Weigh House) in Haarlem is a historic 17th-century weighing house designed by Dutch Golden Age architect Pieter Post, emblematic of the city's mercantile past.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Waag (Haarlem weigh house)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ monument in Haarlem ⓘ weigh house ⓘ
architect	Pieter Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Dutch Classicism ⓘ
city	Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate	17th century ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
culturalSignificance	evidence of early modern urban commerce ⓘ
designedBy	Pieter Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory	Buildings and structures in Haarlem ⓘ Rijksmonuments in Haarlem ⓘ Weigh houses in the Netherlands ⓘ
hasConstructionPeriod	17th century ⓘ
hasFacadeType	ornamented gabled facade ⓘ
hasFeature	arcades at ground level ⓘ decorative stonework ⓘ weighing hall ⓘ
hasFunctionInHistory	market building ⓘ municipal weigh house ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	collection of municipal taxes on goods ⓘ control of weights and measures ⓘ
hasLocalName	De Waag NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismRole	tourist attraction in Haarlem ⓘ
heritage	Dutch Golden Age architecture ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed monument (Rijksmonument) ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ North Holland ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ natural stone ⓘ
namedAfter	its function as a weigh house ⓘ
near	Grote Markt, Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Spaarne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	historic city centre of Haarlem ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	17th century ⓘ Dutch Golden Age trade ⓘ
region	North Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	Haarlem's mercantile past ⓘ
usedFor	mercantile activities ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ weighing goods ⓘ

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

Pieter Post → notableWork → De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem ⓘ

Spaarne → hasLandmarkOnBank → De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waag (Haarlem weigh house)