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Think of it as a piece of medieval government communication: a few hanged corpses on the side of the access road to the city. The message: you have to behave here because criminals are dealt with harshly. In the late Middle Ages, almost every city had a gallows field. There were 4 of these horror spots around Amsterdam: in Noord, at the Omval, in Westpoort and the current Leidseplein. Image credits: City Archives