The Leliegracht ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈleːliˌɣrɑxt] ; 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.
4-631: 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. Six of
8-1062: Is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht . The canal marks the northwestern border of the Grachtengordel (canal belt). Between the Prinsengracht and the Singelgracht the Brouwersgracht forms the northern border of the Jordaan neighborhood. The house numbers of the Lijnbaansgracht , the Prinsengracht , the Keizersgracht , the Herengracht and the Singel start to count from
12-543: The Brouwersgracht. The Herenmarkt is located between Brouwersgracht no. 62 and no. 68, near the West-Indisch Huis (West Indies House). In 2007 Brouwersgracht was voted the most beautiful street in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool out of 150 nominations. The canal took its name in 1594 from the many beer breweries that were to be found in this neighborhood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Starting in 1612
16-501: The eleven Jordanian canals were filled in in the 19th century. Only the Bloemgracht , Egelantiersgracht , Lauriergracht , Looiersgracht and Passeerdersgracht remained besides the canal belt Prinsengracht , Keizersgracht , Herengracht , Singel , Lijnbaansgracht , Brouwersgracht , Leliegracht and Leidsegracht . [REDACTED] Media related to Leliegracht at Wikimedia Commons Brouwersgracht The Brouwersgracht
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