Gable stones in Amsterdam
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Have you ever wandered the streets of Amsterdam, and wondered what are the plaques on buildings for? Why are they there, and what do the different designs signify? These plaques are known as gable stones or gevelstenen, and in this video I explain their purpose. I also go into detail on a few chosen gable stones.
Are there any gable stones that have caught your eye in Amsterdam? If you’re not based in Amsterdam - are there gable stones where you are?
For more information about gable stones, check out the following link for the Friends of Amsterdam Gable Stones Association.
www.gevelstene...
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Hi everyone! 😀 Are there any gable stones that have caught your eye in Amsterdam? If you’re not based in Amsterdam - are there gable stones where you are?
They are everywhere
What you said about them being moved around is something I noticed with a building on the corner of the Vijzelstraat and the Keizersgracht. It’s a building build on the Amsterdamse School sometime in the 20 or 30 but it has a gable stone with the coat of arms of Haarlem dated 1670.
Thank you for your comment and that's a cool thing to notice.
Zwolle has a very famous gable stone: "'t höntien" ( the doggy), featuring a jackrussel like dog... the story goes that when the tower of the great church of Zwolle was hit by lightning in the 1600s... the only victim of the crashing great church tower accident , was this doggy. To remmember the little dog they put it's likeness on the house across the street as a gable stone.
Oh wow that's very interesting, thanks for this! I shall look this one up to see if I can find some images.
yes that was in the book I recommended you read and enjoy -The Miniaturist
Haven't checked it out yet!
very interesting good work THANKS
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you :)
Every old trading city in the Netherlands got Gavel stenen. Like Utrecht, Zutphen, Zwolle, Deventer and many more. Most cities where connected in a trade alliance called the Haze route. It's when from Riga, Stockholm to Amsterdam, Alkmaar(?) And even a couple of havens on the east coast of England.
Gevel stones, de Hanze
That's very interesting. I just tried to google the Haze route and not a lot came up. Do you know where I can read more about that route online?
@@pocketlighthouse try the Hanseatic League
The book for you to read is 'Gevelstenen van Hans 't Mannetje' (2007). It describes all the recent gablestones made by sculptor Hans't Mannetje. To be obtained in antiquarian bookshops.
I just googled it - that book looks very interesting! Thank you for this suggestion :)
These stones are the precursors to house numbers.... The french occupation brought us the house number, before the yeaR 1800 no such thing as a house number..
It's so interesting house numbers only came in later!
@@pocketlighthouse Literacy was actually very high since the 16th century, maybe higher than it is now. In the 17th century it was made sure that also foundlings went to school. So the question is rather why it took the French to come up with housenumbers.
@@DenUitvreter That is very interesting!
@@pocketlighthouse But also an exaggeration from me, as I found out this weekend. Literacy was extremly high in comparison with the rest of Europe, but still low compared to today. It was a huge thing though, because book and other printing had taken off, the Dutch protestantism and bible reading were tightly knit, and it was important in a trade economy with a lot of accounting and record keeping, while it also helped the institutionalized transfer of knowledge in the guilds. Besides schooling, also charity was highly organized and institutionalized.
they're not plaques though, because they're incorporated in the masonry.
Yup true I understand they're not plaques, but I had to describe them as plaques as many people do not know the term 'gable stones.' If people don't understand the gist of my UA-cam thumbnail, then no one will watch the video.