Posted 1 year ago by
antonio in response to nonside's question:
I found the Plantage district of Amsterdam really impressive; how come that it has so imposing villas? It seems that rich people live there.(give a different answer) .
The things with Plantage are like this: the 19th-century discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to a revival of Amsterdam's diamond industry and the Jewish elite began to move into the Plantage (Plantation), where they built those imposing town villas. Until then the Plantage was a district of parks and gardens.
