Leidseplein met op de achtergrond het American Hotel, 1960

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American Hotel on Sq. Leidseplein: The first American Hotel was built in 1881 and destroyed 20 years later, for a new building in the Jugendstil-stijl style, designed by architects Willem Kromhout and H.G. Jansen. In 1929 and 1954 the calving was expanded and in 1970 Café Americain received the status of a monument. Leidseplein (“Leiden Square”), together with Dam Square, Rembrandt Square, is one of the most famous squares in the city of Amsterdam, known as a place of entertainment and nightlife in the center of the capital of the Netherlands. Located in the southwest of the city center, it got its name from Leidsepoort, the huge city gate, demolished in 1862, along the road connecting the capital with Leiden.