{"id":2845,"date":"2026-08-03T12:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kavango.nl\/?page_id=2845"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:34:39","slug":"2845-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kavango.nl\/en\/2845-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#1a2f4a;padding-top:1rem;padding-bottom:1rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8b304292 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"width:150px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/diamond-museum-logo.svg\" alt=\"Diamond Museum Rotterdam\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive items-justified-right wp-block-navigation 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wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd50 Opening hours<br>9 am \u2013 5 pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfab Prices<br>Free entry on April 1st<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Route<br>Paulus Potterstraat 4, Amsterdam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\">AMSTERDAM CITY OF DIAMONDS<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-beige-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.972), 3rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">THE HISTORY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns 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The influx of diamond workers over the centuries was the result of war and oppression elsewhere. From 1576 onward, many Protestants and Portuguese Jews fled the Spanish (Catholic) oppression in the southern part of the Spanish Empire&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-timeline\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"timeline-year\"><strong>1500<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">The Portuguese open the shipping route to India around the southern tip of Africa. They become the greatest importers of rough diamonds. 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Many settle in Amsterdam.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"timeline-year\"><strong>1586<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">On 15th November 1586, Willem Vermaert, diamond worker by profession, has himself entered as such in the Amsterdam marriage registers. 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