The Prinsengracht is a 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi)-long canal that runs parallel to the Keizersgracht in the center of Amsterdam . The canal, named after the Prince of Orange , is the fourth of the four main canals belonging to the canal belt .
3-679: The Prinsengrachtconcert is an annual open-air classical music concert held annually in August since 1981. It occurs on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. The orchestra is situated on a pontoon anchored in front of the Hotel Pulitzer . Many of the audience watches and listens from boats. Traditionally the concert is closed with a rendition of one of the city's anthems, " Aan de Amsterdamse grachten ". Since 1984 it has been televised by
6-628: The AVRO . The first Prinsengrachtconcert on ice was held in February 2012. Prinsengracht Construction started in 1612 on the initiative of Mayor Frans Hendricksz. Oetgens, after a design by city carpenter Hendrick Jacobsz Staets and city surveyor Lucas Jansz Sinck. The part between the Leidsegracht and the Amstel was developed during the city expansion of 1658. The section to the east of
9-648: The Amstel was constructed during the last expansion. This part was named Nieuwe Prinsengracht. The Korte Prinsengracht is in the extension of the Prinsengracht between the Brouwersgracht and the Westerdok . There are many monuments and monumental canal houses on the Prinsengracht, including: The Prinsengracht starts in the north at the Brouwersgracht, bends parallel to the Keizersgracht to
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