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The central section of the Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white-painted wood. The present bridge was built in 1934. The first bridge at this site was built in 1691 as Kerkstraatbrug and had 13 arches. Because this bridge was very narrow, the locals called it magere brug, which literally means "skinny bridge". In 1871 the state of the ...
The bridge owes its name to a wooden "blue bridge" that was there from around 1600 but no longer exists and which was painted the characteristic blue of the Dutch flag. It kept the name after 1883 when it was replaced by the spans of a new bridge which is inspired by the architecture of several of the bridges over the Seine in Paris such as ...
Traders, artists, burghers: A cultural history of Amsterdam in the 17th century (1976) Roekholt, Richter. A short history of Amsterdam (2004) Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age (1997) Shorto, Russell. Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City. New York: Vintage Books 2014.
Bow-string bridge: A16 motorway European route E19 Nieuwe Maas. 1965: Rotterdam ... Werkspoor Bridge (Amsterdam–Rhine Canal) 237 m (778 ft) 255 m (837 ft) Arch
The show, which was created by Quinn Shepard and Samir Mehta, is based on a horrifying true story. Set in 1997, Under the Bridge follows the death and disappearance of Reena Virk, a fourteen-year ...
Numerous tourists view Amsterdam from canal boat tours (2015) Much of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning.In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration rising, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on the IJ Bay.
Hulu’s new true-crime series “Under the Bridge,” based on the late Rebecca Godfrey’s non-fiction book, portrays the before and after of 14-year-old Reena Virk’s brutal murder.
“Under the Bridge,” a new true-crime series on Hulu, is set to show viewers a dramatized version of the case of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old Canadian girl who was murdered near Victoria, Canada ...