Back when the city was being rapidly built up, the powers that be realized that, due to the premium value of house frontage on the canals and streets, they should tax house size on the width of the front, or façade.
Xem thêmAmsterdam has more canals than Venice and more bridges than Paris!
Xem thêmIn fact, Amsterdam has 165 canals and 1,281 bridges - with a whopping 80 bridges just around the canal ring alone!
Xem thêmAs the village grew into a town and then a city, the network of canals running through it was further formed and shaped to help transport and trade - both with the outside world and within the city.
Xem thêmThis maze of canals actually splits Amsterdam up into what is technically 90 small "islands"!
Xem thêmThe city's extensive network of canals and bridges provides it with some of its breathtaking sites.
Xem thêmIt extends over approximately 400 square kilometres and consists of scores of temples, hydraulic structures (basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals) as well as communication routes.
Xem thêmThe Angkor complex encompasses all major architectural buildings and hydrological engineering systems from the Khmer period and most of these "Barays" and canals still exist today.
Xem thêmAmsterdam is famous for its canals and dikes.
Xem thêmBecause the city basically lies in swamp, the builders of the city had to dig canals to use the digging ground for getting the living ground higher.
Xem thêmHomes were built on wooden poles, and the canals served as a pretty effective primitive sewer.
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