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Prison Gate Museum

Prison Gate Museum

Also known as Gevangenpoort

Year

1296

Style

Gothic

Type

building

The Gevangenpoort began as the outer gatehouse of the counts of Holland's Binnenhof complex, one of three fortified entry points in the medieval encircling wall, and was converted into a prison around 1420 when urban expansion made the…

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