Zaanse Schans
1961
Vernacular
landscape
The Zaanse Schans is a conservation neighborhood on the Kalverpolder in Zaandam, north of Amsterdam, laid out from 1961 as a planned Zaan-region living and working district built from historic wooden houses, working windmills, and craft…
Timeline
- 1961
Jaap Schipper
- 1961-1974
Historic Zaan-region buildings were moved by road and water to the site and reassembled into the conservation neighborhood.
Jaap Schipper
- 1998
The Zaans Museum opened beside the Zaanse Schans to preserve and interpret Zaan industrial heritage.
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