St. Barbara Gasthuis
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The St. Barbara Gasthuis was a hospital and later a hofje on the Jansstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands. All that remains is a former gateway.
It was founded in 1435 by Hugo van Assendelft according to a chronogram written on the gate built in 1624 by Lieven de Key:
"OM dat WII oVt ende behoeftICh sChenen VerLaten
Heeft HVgo Van AffendeLf hIer gestICht tonfer baten"
The capitalized letters that are Roman numerals (the W is read as VV) results in a list of Roman numerals that when added up give the year of establishment of the hospital 1 x M + 3 x C + 2 x L + 6 x V + 5 x I = 1435. As the hospital functions in later centuries were consolidated at the St. Elisabeth Gasthuis, the former hospital became a hofje, which later was abandoned and became derelict. The old hofje was torn down in 1845, leaving the old gateway as a memorial.
gateway in 1964
gateway after restoration in 1984
Similar medieval hall of beds in Beaune
Address: Janstraat 54, Haarlem
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Dutch Rijksmonument 19338 |
References[]
- Architectuurgids Haarlem, by Piet Roos, J. Bart Uittenhout
- Haarlems hofjes, Dr. G. H. Kurtz, Schuyt & Co C.V., Haarlem, 1972, ISBN 90-6097-027-6
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Coordinates: 52°22′55.84″N 4°38′16.08″E / 52.3821778°N 4.6378000°E
- Rijksmonuments in Haarlem
- Hofjes
- 1435 establishments in Europe
- Demolished buildings and structures in the Netherlands
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1845