Gijsbrecht van Amstel
The successful but young city of Amsterdam needed the narrative of a glorious past. Joost van den Vondel found it with his Gijsbrecht van Amstel.
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Birth Certificate of Amsterdam
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…