Grachtengordel

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Canal District Grachtengordel
World Heritage Site
Reguliersgracht, Amsterdam-Centrum
Location of the Grachtengordel (green) in Amsterdam
Coordinates: 52°22′01″N 4°51′52″E / 52.36706°N 4.8645°E / 52.36706; 4.8645
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Amsterdam
Borough	Centrum
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv)
Reference	1349
Inscription	2010 (34th Session)
Area	198.2 ha (490 acres)
Buffer zone	481.7 ha (1,190 acres)

The Grachtengordel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣrɑxtə(ŋ)ˈɣɔrdəl] ^ⓘ, lit. 'canal belt/girdle'), known in English as the Canal District, is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district. The seventeenth-century canals of Amsterdam, located in the center of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in August 2010.^[1] The Amsterdam Canal District consists of the area around the city's four main canals: the Singel, the Herengracht, the Keizersgracht, and the Prinsengracht. From the Brouwersgracht, the canals are generally parallel with one another, leading gradually southeast into the Amstel river.

Many of the canal houses in the Amsterdam Canal District are from the Dutch Golden Age, 17th century. Many of these buildings, however, underwent restoration or reconstruction in various centuries, meaning that these building display many different architectural styles and facades.