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Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam

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Athenaeum Illustre, or Amsterdamse Atheneum, was a city-sponsored 'illustrous school' founded after the beeldenstorm in the old Agnieten chapel on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Famous scientists such as Caspar Barlaeus, Gerardus Vossius, and Petrus Camper taught here.

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Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam Centrum

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