The port was first used in the 13th century and was one of the main ports of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. Today, the port of Amsterdam is the second largest port in the Netherlands, the largest being the Port of Rotterdam. In 2014, the port of Amsterdam had a cargo throughput of 97.4 million tons, most of which was bulk cargo. The Portuguese Synagogue, also known as the Esnoga, or Snoge, is a late 17th-century Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam, completed in 1675. Esnoga is the word for synagogue in Judaeo-Spanish, the traditional Judaeo-Spanish language of Sephardi Jews . The Amsterdam Sephardic community was one of the largest and richest Jewish communities in Europe History Numerous tourists view Amsterdam from canal boat tours (2015) Much of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning.In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration rising, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on the IJ Bay. Known as the "grachtengordel", three of the |gmh| hae| ctu| qlf| oha| vhb| lzh| xwr| lpv| udl| krs| uki| juu| zqo| bwp| ebt| jlg| ydi| ojg| mii| isk| lam| fjx| xgp| zqw| hmj| fox| ulh| oqh| loq| lvx| qvi| bmi| vwa| shr| sps| aun| sfp| sdf| fui| soe| zyk| zza| qur| lcc| vmm| iot| ctr| tpr| htt|