Tivoli Doelen Amsterdam Hotel is a historic hotel in the Binnenstad (historic centre) of Amsterdam , the oldest hotel in the city. It is located on the Binnen-Amstel (inner Amstel) at the southern end of the Kloveniersburgwal . The entrance is at Nieuwe Doelenstraat 24.
9-530: The hotel completed in 1883, was designated in 2001 as a rijksmonument (Dutch national heritage site). The best-preserved part of the interior is the central hall with marble stairs and balustrade and artwork by artist Gerrit Hendrik Heinen. The tower named Swych Utrecht, part of the Amsterdam city walls and defence system. It was part of the Kloveniersdoelen , the gathering and shooting place for
18-914: A smock mill in North Holland , the only wind powered paper mill in the world, listed as rijksmonument number 40013; De Wieker Meule, De Wijk , in Drenthe province, built in 1829 and restored to working order, listed as rijksmonument number 39657; and Mellemolen , a hollow post mill in Friesland , also restored to working order, listed as rijksmonument number 35937. Among the rijksmonuments are also many churches. Most rijksmonuments are residential buildings, such as houses and villas. List of tourist attractions in Amsterdam Amsterdam , one of Europe 's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight
27-687: Is a national heritage site of the Netherlands , listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science . At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands had 61,822 listed national heritage sites, of which approximately 1,500 are listed as archaeological sites. Until 2012, a place had to be over 50 years old to be eligible for designation. This criterion expired on 1 January 2012. The current legislation governing
36-490: The Doelen Hotel. The city's first canal tour boat, named De Tourist , departed from the hotel in 1909. On June 5 and 6, 1964, The Beatles stayed in the hotel on a stopover in Amsterdam during a European and Australian tour. The group occupied the whole first floor (US: second floor). On the second day of their visit The Beatles toured the Amsterdam canals on the boat named Jan van Galen. In 1997 Krasnapolsky bought
45-565: The Kloveniersdoelen became used as Brack's Doelen Hotel . In 1870 a new owner took over, J.F. Hahn. During the International Colonial and Export Exhibition Hahn demolished the building in 1882-3 to make way for the current Doelen Hotel, a building of Neo-Renaissance architecture designed by architect J.F. van Hamersveld. Part of the walls and foundations were incorporated into the hotels. Some additional details of
54-510: The city militia/guard known as "kloveniers". Doelen means "targets" in Dutch. The companies of kloveniers were armed with an early type of musket then sometimes called in Dutch "klover", from the French couleuvrine, hence the name "kloveniers". The Kloveniersdoelen was expanded in with a stylish new wing where the famous group portrait De Nachtwacht by Rembrandt was hung. In 1815 this part of
63-480: The hotel are reminders of the former Kloveniersdoelen. The gable-stone of the hotel, by J.H. Teixeira de Mattos, shows the former Swych Utrecht tower. The cupola on the Amstel side of the hotel is also a reference to the former tower. The "kloveniers" (city watchmen) is a reference to the former purpose of the site. In 1900 the hotel was renovated and modernized. The canal tour boats of Amsterdam have their origins at
72-863: The hotel. The Krasnapolsky Group was bought by the Spanish chain NH Hotels in 2000 and the hotel's name was changed to the NH Doelen. In 2016, NH renovated the hotel and reopened it as the NH Collection Amsterdam Doelen . In 2023, the hotel was rebranded into the Portuguese brand Tivoli. 52°22′06″N 4°53′45″E / 52.3682°N 4.8958°E / 52.3682; 4.8958 Rijksmonument A rijksmonument ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛiksmoːnyˌmɛnt] , lit. ' state monument ' )
81-817: The monuments is the Monumentenwet van 1988 ("Monument Law of 1988"). The organization responsible for caring for the monuments, which used to be called Monumentenzorg , was recently renamed, and is now called Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (national service for cultural heritage). In June 2009, the Court of The Hague decided that individual purchasers of buildings that were listed as rijksmonuments would be exempt from paying transfer tax, effective from 1 May 2009. Previously this exemption had only applied to juridical entities . Many Dutch tourist attractions are rijksmonuments, such as castles or windmills . Some notable windmills are De Schoolmeester, Westzaan ,
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