Waterpoort

The Waterpoort is a monumental gate located in the Zuiderdokken, , Belgium. The gate was sculpted by Huibrecht van den Eynde and Johannes van Mildert, and was erected in 1624.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: gate in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Coninckxpoort” and “Porta Regia”
  • Address: Gillisplaats, Antwerpen

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Fotomuseum Antwerp.

Museum
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The is a museum in , Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. is situated 400 metres east of Waterpoort.

Museum
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, also known as FOMU, is a museum of photography in , . is situated 140 metres northwest of Waterpoort.

Museum
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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp is the contemporary art of the city of , . Its current director is Bart de Baere. is situated 380 metres north of Waterpoort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zuid and Linkeroever.

Quarter
The is a southern neighborhood in the city center of , abutting the . The had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.

Suburb
is an area in the city of , on the left bank of the river. Historically it was a neighbourhood which belonged to , but on 19 March 1923, it was attached to Antwerp.

Neighborhood
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of , . It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.

Waterpoort

Latitude
51.2081° or 51° 12′ 29″ north
Longitude
4.38889° or 4° 23′ 20″ east
Inception
1624
Open location code
9F36695Q+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 739023452
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q2521470
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Waterpoort” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Coninckxpoort”
  • Dutch: “Porta Regia”
  • Dutch: “Waterpoort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ووتربورت”
  • French: “Waterpoort”

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