Gable stone

<p>Gable stones  are carved and often colourfully painted stone tablets, which are set into the walls of buildings, usually at about 4 metres from the ground. They serve both to identify and embellish the building. They are also called "stone tablets" by the <a href="/facts/Rijksmuseum/ejzMsloM">Rijksmuseum</a>, which sometimes appends "from a facade". A "wall stone" is another suggested translation from the Dutch term.
</p><p>The content of gable stones may explain something about the house's owner and are a feature of the urban fabric of <a href="/facts/Amsterdam/Xdd393bz">Amsterdam</a>. Some 2,500 of these stones can still be found in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>, of which around 850 are in Amsterdam and 250 in <a href="/facts/Maastricht/K1rNbeAn">Maastricht</a>, while others are also found in cities such as <a href="/facts/Brussels/tNzHrQYP">Brussels</a>, <a href="/facts/Li%25C3%25A8ge/QjGaj3M9">Liège</a>, <a href="/facts/Lille/Bu8rsIzA">Lille</a>, <a href="/facts/Oslo/PRJtFYUl">Oslo</a>, <a href="/facts/Bergen/jqbcAwxm">Bergen</a>, <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a>, <a href="/facts/Copenhagen/58Tl28IX">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="/facts/Bucharest/4xQnsGwM">Bucharest</a>, <a href="/facts/Z%25C3%25BCrich/dXpgq7df">Zürich</a>, <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a> and <a href="/facts/Warsaw/0cRqN3pw">Warsaw</a>.
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Gable stone