page_title: Plantage
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Plantage / History / Early years
caption_attribution_description: Amstelodami veteris et novissimae urbis accuratissima delineatio / geteeckent ende op 't papier gebracht door Daniel Stalpaert, Stadts architect, 't Amsteldam&#160;: gedruckt bij Nicolaes Visscher, [na 1662] Nederlands: Kaart van Amsterdam in 1662, met panorama van Amsterdam. English: Map of Amsterdam in 1662, with a panorama of Amsterdam included.
context_page_description: Plantage is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands located in its Centrum borough. It is bordered by the Entrepotdok to the north, Plantage Muidergracht to the east and south and Nieuwe Herengracht to the west. In the centre of the neighbourhood lies the Natura Artis Magistra zoo. It had a population of 1,980 in 2017.
context_section_description: The area came within Amsterdam city limits after the completion of the fourth large urban expansion of 1663. Due to an economic crisis caused by the Rampjaar events, the city government could not find enough buyers for the land. Construction in the area, which was then called Plantagie or Plantaadje, stagnated as a result. Instead, pleasure gardens and orchards were built where Amsterdam's citizens could go and relax in green surroundings.
  The plots of land in the neighbourhood were leased by the city for a period of 20 years (with the possibility of a 10-year extension). This was because the city council intended to sell the parcels later on; permanent buildings were therefore not allowed. Temporary buildings were tolerated. In 1682, Hortus Botanicus, one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, opened its doors across from the Wertheimpark, currently the only public park in the Centrum district of Amsterdam.
caption: The initial design for the city's fourth expansion (Dutch: Vierde uitleg) by Daniël Stalpaert. Plantage is located on the left.
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