Feb 27, 2014
Heiligeweg and Het Rasphuis
Heiligeweg and Het Rasphuis
The last piece of Heiligeweg, the pilgrim’s route to the site of the miracle of Amsterdam, I told you about yesterday, goes from Singel to Kalverstraat. This last bit of the road often was the most difficult, and it passed a nunnery of the Order of St. Clare. After the alteration in 1596 this nunnery was turned into Het Rasphuis (a prison) where ’evildoers were made docile’.
The old entrance…
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