Gijsbert Dommer Huis

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    Amstel 216, Southern Canal Belt
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Lonely Planet review

Look closely, ladies and gentlemen, at the façade of this sober residence known locally as the 'House with the Blood Stains'. As he lost his marbles, six-time mayor and diplomat Coenraad van Beuningen scribbled graffiti here in his own blood, and his unfathomable message - including Hebrew letters and obscure cabal symbols - from the 17th century is still faintly visible. Well-to-do businessman Gijsbert Dommer commissioned this house from 1671, but the mad mayor is better known today.