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Herengracht Index
The Herengracht index is a study of house prices along the Herengracht canal in Amsterdam. The index was created by real estate finance professor Piet Eichholz of Maastricht University Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; ) is a public university, public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen List of universities in the Netherlands, Dutch universities. In .... The Herengracht house price index goes all the way back to the construction of the Herengracht in the 1620s. It was first published from 1628 up to 1973, and later extended to 2008. References {{reflist, refs= {{Cite web , url=http://www.russellshorto.com/articles/ThisVeryVeryOldHouse.htm , title=This Very, Very Old House, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521065237/http://www.russellshorto.com/articles/ThisVeryVeryOldHouse.htm, archive-date=2007-05-21 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canals Of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than of ''grachten'' (canals), about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht), dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1,550 Monument, monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North". History Much of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning. In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration rising, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on the IJ (Amsterdam), IJ Bay. Known as the "grachtengordel", three of the canals are mostly for residential development (Herengrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Eichholz
Piet may refer to: People * Piet (given name), a list of people with the name * Piet (surname), a list of people with the name Schools * Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India * Priydarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India * Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan Other uses * Piet (programming language) An esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed to test the boundaries of computer programming language design, as a proof of concept, as software art, as a hacking interface to another language ... * Piet (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maastricht University
Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; ) is a public university, public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen List of universities in the Netherlands, Dutch universities. In 2023, 22,976 students studied at Maastricht University, 59% of whom were students from outside of the Netherlands, with over 4,000 employees. About half of the Bachelor's degree, bachelor's programmes are fully offered in English language, English, while the other half is taught wholly or partly in Dutch language, Dutch. Most of the Master's degree, master's and Doctorate#The Netherlands .2F Flanders, doctoral programmes are in English. Besides traditional programmes, Maastricht University also has three honours liberal arts colleges: University College Maastricht and the Maastricht Science Programme in the same liberal arts tradition. The satellite University College Venlo opened in 2015. History Maastricht University was officially e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
