Former City Arsenal
Keyser, Hendrik de, the elder
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Alternative Titles
Stedelijk Arsenaal
Stads-Bushuis
Date
1606-1609Description
Detail of left complex curves and finials on gable; Former city-arsenal building at the Singel in Amsterdam, which later served as the royal stables. The facade was designed by Hendrick de Keyser, 1606-1609. In 1940 the building became part of the Amsterdam University Library (Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam) next to it, by written permission of the then-exiled Queen Wilhelmina. It is next door to the Handboogdoelen (former home of the Longbow Archers Militia). Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 4/30/2015)
Type of Work
arsenals (building)Subject
military or war, Restoration and conservation, Seventeenth century, Baroque
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