This city gate was
part of the fortifications of Amsterdam, is the only gate that
remains of the gates in the 17th and 18th centuries access given to
the town. The port was between inner - and outer moat of the old city
wall; the Singel canal and the then Lijnbaansgracht.
This gate was
designed by Amsterdam's city architect Cornelis Rauws (1732-1770
built), he replaced the old gate from 1663 which had subsided by a
poor foundation, the sculpture of the new port was created by
Anthonie Ziesenis (1731-1801).
The Muiderpoort in
Amsterdam is a city gate at Alexanderplein, near the intersection of
Plantation Middenlaan with Sarphatistraat. This city gate was part of
the fortifications of Amsterdam. It is now a national monument.
Originally, all
traffic went through the door and lay there for the port on the
Singel canal, a stone bridge where two wooden seesaw bridges were
recorded. At the end of the bridge was placed outside a gate or
hamei, wrought-iron fences. These "fences gate" was
demolished for traffic reasons, in 1898 they found the passage too
narrow. In 1903, the bridge was replaced by a new one built next to
the gate. From that moment the gate lost its function because all
traffic is now driving around the port.