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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: June 19, 2023
Caption: Comenius Marker - wide view (Mercury, Bacchus, and Diana heads)
Additional Description: Per Wikipedia, this building is known as “The House with the Heads” (known as 'Huis met de Hoofden' in Dutch) - a large canal house on the Keizersgracht 123 in Amsterdam, named after the six ornaments shaped as heads, which are on the facade. The house is a rijksmonument and is listed on the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites. Comenius took refuge here from Leszno, Poland, where Catholic partisans had burnt down his home and printing press.
Submitted: July 7, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p735336
File Size: 4.815 Megabytes

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