Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster, Bronze statue on Grote Markt in Haarlem, Netherlands
The three-meter-tall bronze statue depicts Laurens Janszoon Coster holding a letter A in one hand and a book against his chest.
Louis Royer and M.G. Tétar van Elven designed this monument in 1856 to commemorate the alleged inventor of movable type printing in the Netherlands.
The statue represents the Dutch assertion of Coster as a printing pioneer, highlighting the historical competition with Johannes Gutenberg for this technological advancement.
The monument stands on a four-meter decorated octagonal pedestal with Latin and Dutch inscriptions near Sint-Bavokerk church.
Local residents of Haarlem refer to this national monument as Lautje, connecting the formal memorial to daily city life.
Accessibility: Rollstuhlgerecht
GPS coordinates: 52.38146,4.63662
Latest update: March 10, 2025 12:09
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