Leliegracht
Sign in to saveThe Leliegracht (; Lily Canal) is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between Herengracht (no. 148 and 169) and Prinsengracht (no. 124 and 241). The canal lies within the western Grachtengordel (canal belt) in the Jordaan neighborhood of the Amsterdam-Centrum district.
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- Instance of
- gracht
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Amsterdam
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- Hendrik Keun 001.jpg
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- Leliegracht
- inception
- 1625-00-00
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The Leliegracht (; Lily Canal) is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between Herengracht (no. 148 and 169) and Prinsengracht (no. 124 and 241). The canal lies within the western Grachtengordel (canal belt) in the Jordaan neighborhood of the Amsterdam-Centrum district.
==History== thumb|left|Leliegracht by Hendrik Keun (1738–87) The canal was dug after 1612 when the canal belt was created south of the Brouwersgracht. The remains of a lock can be recognized on the Prinsengracht side. That lock was necessary because the water of the Prinsengracht (along with the rest of the Jordaan Canals) remained at the polder level, while the water level in the Leliegracht, Keizersgracht and Herengracht was at the higher city level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leliegracht” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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