Museum Catharijne Convent
Also known as Museum Catharijneconvent
1550
Gothic
building
Carmelite friars were granted land here in 1468 and built slowly for sixty years without finishing the job. In 1529 they had to give way to the Knights Hospitaller, pushed off the Catharijneveld when Charles V put a fortress on it, and it…
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- 2000-2006
Two building campaigns reworked the convent for the museum: a new entrance under a canopy on Lange Nieuwstraat gathering cafe, ticket desk and shop, an enlarged stair with a lift, and a glazed air bridge linking the two ends of the…
Hubert-Jan Henket
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