Tourist landmark

Overhoeks | Gruwelen op het Galgenveld

This strip along the IJ was known until the end of the eighteenth century as the gallows field. The bodies of criminals sentenced to death dangled here from gallows. Chopped off heads and other body parts were displayed on stakes and boards.

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Buiksloterweg
1031 CC Amsterdam
North Holland The Netherlands

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