Monuments and Historical Sites:

Dam Square


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Dam Square is Amsterdam’s original marketplace, the site of the dam on the Amstel where Amsterdam got its start in the 1270’s.  Since the 13th century the square has seen many a demonstration as well as a Nazi execution; the central monument commemorates those who died in WWII.  Two of the narrowest buildings in the world can be found on the square: Singel 7, which is 101cm at its narrowest point, and Oude Hoogstraat 22, which is just 2.02m wide throughout.  Two other monuments looking down on the Dam are the Royal Palace, where the queen occasionally entertains, and the Nieuwe Kerk (the New Church), a church which is not so very new, as it dates back to the 15th century.

 
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