Амстердамдағы Принсенграхт каналы

Canal in Amsterdam

The Prinsengracht is a long canal that runs parallel to the Keizersgracht in the center of Amsterdam. The canal, named after the Prince of Orange, is the fourth of the four main canals belonging to the canal belt.

Construction started in 1612 on the initiative of Mayor Frans Hendricksz. Oetgens, after a design by city carpenter Hendrick Jacobsz Staets and city surveyor Lucas Jansz Sinck. The part between the Leidsegracht and the Amstel was developed during the city expansion of 1658. The section to the east of the Amstel was constructed during the last expansion. This part was named Nieuwe Prinsengracht. The Korte Prinsengracht is in the extension of the Prinsengracht between the Brouwersgracht and the Westerdok.

Between Prinsengracht 16 and 18 at Westerstraat there is the Noordermarkt with the Noorderkerk built around 1623. The Westerkerk with the Westertoren on Prinsengracht 281 (on the Westermarkt). Between Prinsengracht 1047 and 1049 at the Utrechtsestraat there is the Amstelveld with the special Amstelkerk, built as a temporary ‘Wooden barn’ in 1670. Prinsengracht 756 contains the De Duif church building from 1858. (Until 1974 it was the Catholic Sint Willibrorduskerk within the Veste.)

Other cities, such as Hasselt and Meppel, also have a Prinsengracht. The (filled in) Prinsegracht (without N) is located in The Hague. Since 1981 the Prinsengrachtconcert has been held annually in August on a pontoon in front of Hotel Pulitzer. In the Dutch comedy series Het Zonnetje in Huis, the main café of main character Piet Bovenkerk, Café Vijf Bier, is located on the Prinsengracht.