Singel canal

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Singel canal is a historic waterway in central Amsterdam that once formed part of the city’s medieval defensive moat and is now lined with notable buildings, markets, and houseboats.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Singel canal canonical 23
Lekkanaal 1
Singel canal waterfront 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
adjacentTo Damrak (at northern end vicinity) ⓘ
linked to: Damrak

Rokin vicinity ⓘ
Spui square vicinity ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
endPoint Muntplein ⓘ
followsCourseThrough central Amsterdam ⓘ
linked to: Amsterdam-Centrum
function defensive moat (historical) ⓘ
urban canal ⓘ
hasFeature canal-side trees ⓘ
historic canal houses ⓘ
houseboats ⓘ
markets ⓘ
mooring places ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht’ ⓘ
hasNameOrigin derived from Middle Dutch word ‘singel’ meaning ‘belt’ or ‘encircling’ ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding Aalsmeer flower market barges (historical) ⓘ
Agnietenkapel ⓘ
Bloemenmarkt (floating flower market) ⓘ
linked to: Bloemenmarkt

Cromhouthuizen ⓘ
De Krijtberg church ⓘ
Huis met de Hoofden ⓘ
Munttoren ⓘ
Ronde Lutherse Kerk (Koepelkerk) ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Blauwburgwal junction ⓘ
Herengracht junction ⓘ
linked to: Herengracht

Keizersgracht junction ⓘ
linked to: Keizersgracht

Leliegracht junction ⓘ
Torensluis bridge ⓘ
Vijzelstraat crossing ⓘ
hasUse recreational boating ⓘ
residential moorings ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historicalRole formed western boundary of medieval Amsterdam ⓘ
locatedIn Amsterdam ⓘ
Amsterdam city centre ⓘ
linked to: Amsterdam-Centrum
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory province of North Holland ⓘ
linked to: North Holland
locatedInTime medieval period ⓘ
partOf Grachtengordel ⓘ
replacedBy Singelgracht as outer defensive canal ⓘ
startPoint IJ bay vicinity (historical) ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
traverses Binnenstad district ⓘ
linked to: Binnenstad
usedToBe city moat of Amsterdam ⓘ
waterwayType canal in the Netherlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bloemenmarkt → locatedOn → Singel canal ⓘ
Munttoren → locatedOn → Singel canal ⓘ
Munttoren → overlooks → Singel canal ⓘ
Cromhouthuizen → situatedAlong → Singel canal ⓘ
Aalsmeer flower market stalls (part of Bloemenmarkt) → adjacentTo → Singel canal waterfront ⓘ
linked to: Singel canal
Spui → locatedNear → Singel canal ⓘ
Lek → connectedViaCanalsTo → Lekkanaal ⓘ
linked to: Singel canal
Muntplein → near → Singel canal ⓘ
Mint Tower → locatedNear → Singel canal ⓘ
Mint Square → locatedAtIntersectionOf → Singel canal ⓘ
Mint Square → adjacentToWaterBody → Singel canal ⓘ
Torensluis → crosses → Singel canal ⓘ
subject linked to: Torensluis bridge
Leliegracht junction → hasViewOf → Singel canal ⓘ
Vijzelstraat crossing → waterway → Singel canal ⓘ
Vijzelstraat crossing → crossingOf → Singel canal ⓘ
Vijzelstraat crossing → hasViewOf → Singel canal ⓘ
De Munt → locatedNear → Singel canal ⓘ
Munt Tower → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Singel canal ⓘ
Munt Tower → isVisibleFrom → Singel canal ⓘ
Centrum → traversedBy → Singel canal ⓘ
Munt Tower → locatedOn → Singel canal ⓘ
subject linked to: Munt Tower (Munttoren)
Munt Tower → overlooks → Singel canal ⓘ
subject linked to: Munt Tower (Munttoren)