Reflecting Water. Haarlemmerpoort and Jacob van Lennep, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

It's quite hidden away, behind the Haarlem Gate to the city of Amsterdam, the statue of Jacob van Lennep (1802-1868). I think it's a shame and that it deserves a good place perhaps centrally between these fountains and the Gate. Jacob van Lennep in many ways was a great man. A journalist, politician, poet, novelist, public man of many sorts... But his greatest gift to Amsterdam is no doubt 'fresh drinking water'. In 1853 Amsterdam people - with only dirty canal water for their use - could avail themselves of fresh, sweet water - a penny a bucket - piped into the city from Zandvoort some 25 kilometers away. This was Van Lennep project (see my earlier www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/41910319222/in/photoli...).
So it seems to me to be a shame that Lia van Vugt's (1945-) monument to his memory should be hidden away in a dark squeeze between that gate and a waterway behind it.
The gate itself (1840) is the work of two architects, Cornelis Alewijn (1788-1839) and Bastiaan de Greef (1818-1899). Everyone knows it today as the Haarlemmerpoort but its official name is Willemspoort, for King William II who made his entry into the city to be proclaimed king on November 27, 1840.
Ah! Yes, there's water in play here as well. Then Prince William took part in the great defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo (June 18, 1815) where he was wounded in battle. He is said to have exclaimed: 'I was the hero of the day, no-one was more popular than I."
But Jacob 'Water' van Lennep is for me certainly as much of a hero!

Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Jordaan (show map)

Taken on: September 22, 2020

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