Is this Amsterdam? Yes, it’s the He Hua 荷華寺 (Lotus flower) buddhist temple on the Zeedijk(善德街) . This temple (the largest religious building in Chinese style in Europe, was built in the year 2000. Amsterdam’s Chinatown originated in 1911, which makes it the oldest Chinatown on the European mainland.
Facade stones.
Until the time of Napoleon, houses didn’t have numbers, they had names.
The names were in the shape of a facade stone or written on the shutters. It could be a fantasy name, the coat of arms of the person living in the house or their profession.
Westerkerk.
when the Westerkerk was built at the beginning of the 17th C it was the largest protestant church in the world.
Rembrandt was buried in the cemetery of this church.
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