Plein 1940

Plein 1940 is a square in , , . Plein 1940 is situated nearby to the work of art , as well as near the office building .
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: square in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Plein 1940 (Rotterdam)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maritime Museum and The Destroyed City.

Museum
Photo: Hanhil, Public domain.
The Rotterdam is a in , The . Dedicated to naval history, it was founded in 1874 by Prince Henry of the Netherlands.

Work of art
Photo: RogierBos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of . It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centrum and Cool.

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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.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.

Plein 1940

Latitude
51.9177° or 51° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
4.4831° or 4° 28′ 59″ east
Open location code
9F36WF9M+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34299009
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q2753520
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Plein 1940” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Plein 1940”
  • German: “Plein 1940”

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