The next morning, while we were wandering around just before heading home, we stopped by the Waag to take a few pictures. It is located in Nieuwmarkt, which is the square on the border between the Oude Zijde and the Jodenbuurt. The Waag is Amsterdam's largest surviving medieval building dating from the 15th century and was one of the city's fortified gates which later housed the Surgeons Guild's amphitheater. Public dissections and private anatomy lessons once took place there, as indicated by Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Waag
The next morning, while we were wandering around just before heading home, we stopped by the Waag to take a few pictures. It is located in Nieuwmarkt, which is the square on the border between the Oude Zijde and the Jodenbuurt. The Waag is Amsterdam's largest surviving medieval building dating from the 15th century and was one of the city's fortified gates which later housed the Surgeons Guild's amphitheater. Public dissections and private anatomy lessons once took place there, as indicated by Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp.
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