A photo of a view through the street Hoogte Kadijk, with in the back the square Kadijksplein, Amsterdam; high resolution image by FotoDutch, June 2013. This narrow street was a former important dike for the 17th century city of Amsterdam. To the left the city garden along the Sailormen's House, from circa 1850. The Hoogtekadijk was a real dyke protecting Amsterdam against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee" class="extiw" title="w:Zuiderzee">Zuiderzee</a>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:FotoDutch" title="User:FotoDutch">Fons Heijnsbroek</a>
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>