Leliegracht

History

Architecture

• The 'Astoria' building on the corner of the Leliegracht and the Keizersgracht is an example of Art Nouveau architecture. It was built in 1905 by order of the 'Eerste Hollandse Levensverzekerings-Bank' after designs by architects Gerrit van Arkel and Herman Hendrik Baanders.
• Leliegracht 9-11 is a typical example of a 'twin building', with a clock façade in Louis Quinze style. Although it is a twin building, the building at Leliegracht 11 is just a little wider.
• Leliegracht 41-43 is a twin building with neck gables in Style Louis XIV.

  Famous residents

• Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen, cloth merchant, shipowner and collector of paintings lived with his brother Jacob for a long time on Leliegracht near the corner with Keizersgracht.
• The writer Everhardus Johannes Potgieter lived at No. 25.

Trivia

• Spencer Tunick, American visual artist, realized an installation in 2007, which consisted of making photo, video and film recordings of a small group of naked men and women on the Leliegracht.
• Between 1912 and 1960 there was a cinema theater on the corner of the Prinsengracht and the Leliegracht that was initially called 'the Prinsentheater' and later 'the Nova'.