Roode Steen

Roode Steen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːdə steːn]; lit. 'Red Stone'), also known as Kaasmarkt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːsmɑrkt]; lit. 'Cheese Market'), is a square and a road junction in the city center of Hoorn, Netherlands.

The Westfries Museum and the weigh house (Waag) are both located on the Roode Steen. A statue of Jan Pieterzoon Coen, made by Ferdinand Leenhoff, was placed on the square in 1893.^[1]

Road junction

Roode Steen is the meeting point of four streets and two alleys. Clockwise from the northwest, these are:

Grote Noord
Kerkstraat
Grote Oost
Grote Havensteeg
West
Proostensteeg

References

^ Mee, Tonny van der (19 June 2020). "Beeld J.P. Coen in Hoorn was altijd al mikpunt van kritiek". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

52°38′22″N 5°3′33″E / 52.63944°N 5.05917°E / 52.63944; 5.05917

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[1] Mee, Tonny van der (19 June 2020). "Beeld J.P. Coen in Hoorn was altijd al mikpunt van kritiek". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Road junction

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