Amsterdam on fire!
A reconstruction of Amsterdam in the late middleages, before the big fires in the 1400s.
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The First Amsterdammer
The first document mentioning Amsterdam – dated 1275 – marks the end of the pre-historical unwritten story of the city. How did Amsterdam look, just before this so called birth certificate was written? The first Amsterdammer? Right inside the Oude Kerk, three meters below the surface lie the remains of a man. At first sight…
