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Amsterdam has a long and eventful history. The origins of the city lie around 1000 CE, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] when inhabitants settled at the mouth of the Amstel and began peatland reclamation . [ 1 ] After the All Saints' Flood (1170) , a dam was built in the Amstel to protect the lower lands from floods.
1968 Protest against the Vietnam War in Amsterdam, April 1968. Art & Project gallery opens. Theaterschool founded. [42] 1969 March: Bed-In for Peace held. [43] May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam Maagdenhuis . [4] STEIM cultural venue established. 1970 - Population: 807,095. 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station ...
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Dutch Railways adopted the idea and, until the mid-1970s, argued for a major terminal station in De Pijp, dubbed Amsterdam Centrum-Zuid station, which would also connect to two branches of the North-South metro line. Jokinen advocated a system of monorails to connect parking garages on the edge of the city centre with the old city.
The political wing of the Provos won a seat on the city council of Amsterdam, and developed the "White Plans". The most famous of those is the "White Bicycle Plan", which aimed to improve Amsterdam's transport problem. Generally the plans sought to address social problems and make Amsterdam more liveable. List of the White Plans:
Amsterdam has a rich architectural history. The oldest building in Amsterdam is the Oude Kerk (English: Old Church), at the heart of the Wallen, consecrated in 1306. [173] The oldest wooden building is Het Houten Huys [174] at the Begijnhof. It was constructed around 1425 and is one of only two existing wooden buildings.
The 1960s and 1970s were a time of great social and cultural change, such as rapid de-pillarization leading to the erosion of the old divisions along class and religious lines. [51] A youth culture emerged all across Western Europe and the United States, characterised by student rebellion, informality, sexual freedom, informal clothes, new ...
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