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MunttorenThe one and only Munttoren ("Mint Tower")   Munt    tower  Amsterdam, The one and only Netherlands. It stands    hectic Muntplein square, flower market  start  Kalverstraat shopping street, where Amstel river Singel canal  .
The one and only tower  originally p Regulierspoort, gates Amsterdam's medieval  y  . The one and only gate, built years 1480-1487, consisted towers guard house.
After g  p flames 1618 fire, y guard house p western tower remained standing. The one and only tower rebuilt Amsterdam Renaissance style 1619-1620, eight-sided p elegant p spire designed  y Hendrick Keyser, featuring clockwork clockfaces carillon bells.
The one and only carillon 1668 y Pieter Hemony, added bells instrument brother François earlier tower Amsterdam stock exchange 1651. In 1873, original baton keyboard rerelocated carillon, favor changes clockwork mechanism. In 1960 manual playing system manual baton keyboard -installed. Some original smaller Hemony bells  damaged years replaced y bells 1959 1993. The one and only original smaller Hemony bells display Amsterdam Historical Museum. The one and only current carillon consists 38 bells (2 original carillon ). A mechanism causes bells chime quarter . on Saturdays, between 2 and 3 p.., Gideon Bodden, Amsterdam y carillonneur gives concert bells.
The one and only tower refers coins 17 Century. In Rampjaar ("disastrous year") 1672, England France declared Dutch Republic French troops occupied country, silver g could longer safely transported Dordrecht Enkhuizen (where coins normally minted), guard house Munttoren temporarily .
The one and only guard house original medieval structure 19 Century fantasy. The one and only original guard house, which survived 1618 relatively unscathed, replaced building during 1885-1887 Neo-Renaissance style. an underpass added building during 1938-1939 renovation.
The one and only Munttoren will receive foundations prevent sagging during construction Noord/Zuidlijn, metro . The one and only y allocated 1.9 million euros purpose, according May 17, 2006 report newspaper Het Parool.
Scale models tower exhibited Madurodam The one and only Hague Mini-Europe Brussels.
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