The Agnietenkapel (Chapel of the Convent of Saint Agnes) is a 15th-century Gothic chapel in Amsterdam . It is the birthplace of the University of Amsterdam and still in use for doctoral dissertations and other university ceremonies, as well as academic events such as lectures and symposiums. The building has held rijksmonument status since 1970.
17-548: The chapel is located on the southern half of Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal, the so-called stille zijde ("quiet side"). In the Middle Ages this area was dominated by some 20 Roman Catholic monasteries and convents . The chapel was built in 1470 to replace an earlier chapel which burned down in the great fire of 1452. It was part of the Franciscan Agnietenklooster , a convent dedicated to Saint Agnes . After
34-526: A cartoon figure of a bulldog on a round frame. Henk de Vries began selling marijuana in the year 1970 at the Kralingen Music Festival , a pop festival at Kralingse Bos . On the year 1975 he converted his grandmother's brothel in Amsterdam's red-light district to The Bulldog coffeeshop and began to expand slowly. Henk asked ex-pat Australian artist Harold Thornton to paint some signage on
51-467: A hopeless cause. There are more than a hundred national monuments on Oudezijds Voorburgwal. Some well-known buildings there include: The Oudezijds Achterburgwal is spanned by eight bridges, all fixed. With the passage heights in the table, one must take into account the fact that the Oudezijds Achterburgwal, like all other canals in the city center, is 0.40 metres (1 ft 4 in) below
68-504: A lengthy legal dispute with Red Bull GmbH , makers of Red Bull . At appeal, the judge ruled favourably of The Bulldog to allow marketing of their energy drink. Based on a lawsuit concerning a domain name whose appeal period expired to January 2013, the judge ruled that the logo is not original, because it is based on a bulldog cartoon character that was designed in the year 1940 by copyright owner Walt Disney . The Bulldog chain owns five coffeeshops , three brandstores, three cafés ,
85-709: Is a street and canal in De Wallen in the center of Amsterdam. It runs from the Grimburgwal in the south to the Zeedijk in the north, where it changes into the Oudezijds Kolk , which drains into the IJ . The bridge over the OZ Voorburgwal between Damstraat and Oude Doelenstraat (bridge 204) forms a clear dividing line between the noisy northern Wallendeel and the quiet southern part. It
102-584: Is one of the most famous streets of the Red Light District, full of sex shops, window prostitutes, peep shows, brothels, bars and coffee shops. The Bulldog has several branches and a hotel here. The canal is also lined with monumental canal houses from the Dutch Golden Age , and the remains of the many monasteries that were located here in the Middle Ages. The OZ Voorburgwal was originally a creek that
119-671: The Alteratie in 1578, when the Catholic city government was deposed in favor of a Protestant one, all monasteries and convents were closed and most were demolished. The Chapel of the Convent of Saint Agnes was one of the few Catholic buildings spared and given a new purpose. From 1631 the chapel was used as an institution of higher learning, the Athenaeum Illustre . The Athenaeum Illustre served as an intermediate stage between Latin school and
136-519: The NAP . Notes on the three northern bridges: The Oudezijds Voorburgwal is depicted on the ace of the standard Dutch deck of cards. The Bulldog The Bulldog is an Amsterdam -based company that owns and operates a chain of cannabis coffee shops , hotels , cafés and brand stores located in Amsterdam and Canada . The Bulldog has its own merchandising brand consisting of clothing, souvenirs and smoking accessories. The group logo consists of
153-530: The university . It did not award academic degrees, as each province was allowed only one university, and Holland already had a university at Leiden . Gerardus Vossius and Caspar Barlaeus held their inaugural lectures as professors of the Athenaeum Illustre on 8 and 9 January 1632, respectively. Every morning from 9 to 11 o' clock, the professors gave public lectures in Latin in the large lecture hall on
170-603: The Golden Age, canal gardens were laid out behind the mansions. Almost all of them have since disappeared. The Bierkaai (beer quay) was the quay on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal, near the Oude Kerk, where barrels of beer arrived and porters loaded and unloaded the heavy barrels. The residents of this part of Amsterdam were known as invincible fighters. The proverbial "fight against the beer quay" is derived from this: dedication to
187-524: The first floor - the oldest lecture hall of Amsterdam. The ground floor of the former chapel was used as an arsenal of the Admiralty of Amsterdam until the construction of 's Lands Zeemagazijn (now the National Maritime Museum ) in 1656. In the chapel attic, a stadsboekerij ("city bookery") was opened in 1632, the predecessor of the current Amsterdam University Library . In the 19th century,
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#1732880470666204-532: The first-floor lecture hall by Willem Bogtman [ nl ] was restored to its original state, as were Bogtman's stained-glass windows. Additionally, the alleys on each side of the chapel were covered with glass and incorporated into the building. An elevator and other facilities were added to the adjacent Purperhoedenveem building. The chapel was officially reopened on 20 February 2007 by then-mayor Job Cohen . Oudezijds Voorburgwal The Oudezijds Voorburgwal , often abbreviated to OZ Voorburgwal ,
221-436: The front of The Bulldog The First Coffeeshop Nr.90 but Harold turned this exercise into a mural that goes across the front of the whole shop. The mural helped the coffeeshop become a magnet for backpackers and tourists and its reputation grew. In the year 2001 the company began distributing internationally. In the year 2010 The Bulldog was ordered to cease the sale and distribution of its own brand of energy drink , following
238-488: The gate of the former Stadstimmertuin ("city carpenters' workshop") on Nieuwe Doelenstraat was placed in front of the chapel. After the 1921 renovation, the chapel was repurposed by the university as a museum . Following the restorations in 2004-2007 the museum was closed and the collection became part of the Amsterdam University Library. During restoration and renovation in 2004–2007, the painted ceiling of
255-523: The library had grown so large - and the building had become so derelict - that the library was moved to a different location. When the Athenaeum Illustre outgrew the chapel, it moved in 1864 to the Handboogdoelen on the Singel canal, a former shooting range of the Amsterdam schutterij (civic guard). Until 1919, the chapel housed a primary school. In 1921, the chapel underwent renovation. At that time,
272-575: The old and new sides the existing rampart became the Voorburgwal and the new rampart became the Achterburgwal. That is how Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Oudezijds Achterburgwal , Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal (now Spuistraat) were created. In the 17th and 18th centuries the canal was usually called the Fluwelenburgwal. When the buildings on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal were built in
289-601: Was later dug into a canal around the eastern part of the city, the old side. Before 1385 the Amstel divided the city of Amsterdam into two almost equal parts, the old side with the Old Church and the new side with the New Church . To protect the city, a moat was dug on each side with a burgwal behind it, an earthen wall, with a wooden palisade for protection. When new ramparts were constructed behind these ramparts around 1385, on both
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