South Holland
Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region
Rotterdam

Statue of Erasmus

The Statue of Erasmus is a public monument by Hendrick de Keyser in , the Netherlands.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: public artwork by Hendrick de Keyser in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Desiderius Erasmus”, “Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus”, and “Erasmus”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Market Hall and Krattenbrug.

Photo: Exmpletree, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Markthal is a residential and office building with a underneath, located in . The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. is situated 230 metres southeast of Statue of Erasmus.

Bridge
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is a bridge.

Railway station
Photo: Andre Engels, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Rotterdam Blaak is a railway and metro station in , . Located in the centre of the city, not far from the cube houses and the , the station is served by trains operating on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between and . is situated 360 metres southeast of Statue of Erasmus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stadsdriehoek and Centrum.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood at the center of , Netherlands. The name refers to the historical triangular form of the city of Rotterdam, which was bordered by the Coolsingel and the Schiedamsevest to the west, the Goudsevest to the northeast, and by the to the south.

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is the name of the central area of , being located between the central station in the north and the New Meuse in the south.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , in the borough. It is enclosed by the Weena in the north, the Mauritsweg and Eendrachtsweg in the west, Vasteland in the south and the Coolsingel and Schiedamse Vest in the east.

Statue of Erasmus

Latitude
51.92151° or 51° 55′ 17″ north
Longitude
4.48433° or 4° 29′ 4″ east
Inception
1618
Open location code
9F36WFCM+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3456200469
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q16760837
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Slovenian—“Statue of Erasmus” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Էրազմ Ռոտերդամցի”
  • Belarusian: “Эразм Ратэрдамскі”
  • Belarusian: “Эразм”
  • Dutch: “Erasmus”
  • Dutch: “Erasmusbeeld (Hendrick de Keyser)”
  • Dutch: “Erasmusbeeld”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 32784”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايراسموس”
  • French: “Erasme”
  • French: “Statue d’Érasme”
  • German: “Erasmus”
  • Hebrew: “פסל ארסמוס”
  • Russian: “статуя Эразма Роттердамского”
  • Slovenian: “Erazem”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sherlock’s and Hoogstraat.

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