- The
Schreierstoren (English
incorrectly translated as: Weeper's
Tower or
Tower of Tears),
originally part of the
medieval city wall of Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
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former city
gates Waag and Munttoren, as well as the
defensive tower Schreierstoren and the
watchtower Montelbaanstoren.
Around the year 1300, an earthen...
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Munttoren Schreierstoren 52°22′19.41″N 4°54′20.46″E / 52.3720583°N 4.9056833°E / 52.3720583;...
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buildings on the
street include the
Basilica of
Saint Nicholas, the
Schreierstoren, the Scheepvaart****s, and
Victoria Hotel.
Along the
eastern part of...
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which at the time was a
Lenape trail.
Schreyers Hook (cf. Amsterdam's
Schreierstoren) was just adjacent. In 1625–1626, the
Dutch built Fort
Amsterdam atop...
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printer Erhard Ratdolt in Venice,
incorporating geometric diagrams.
Schreierstoren is
erected in
Amsterdam (from
which Henry Hudson will set sail on April...
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Regulierspoort gate,
which is now the
bottom half of the
Munttoren tower. The
Schreierstoren is the only
remaining defensive tower. The
oldest gable stone in Amsterdam...
- of New Amsterdam,
together with
Schreyers Hook Dock (cf. Amsterdam's
Schreierstoren)
built by
Broad Canal as the city's
first wharf in 1648. It was named...
- the most
important remnant.
Other remnants of the same wall are the
Schreierstoren and the
lower part of one of the
towers of the
former Regulierspoort...
- was also
known to the
Dutch as
Schreyers Hook (after the site of the
Schreierstoren in
Amsterdam from
which Hudson is said to have departed),
though the...
