Amidst the gables along the Amstel River, a richly adorned gate gives access to Swigters Almshouse. The gate is adorned with a sculpted tympanum, which shows a giving and a receiving hand with an explanatory text. In Latin it reads: ‘Blissful is he, who is gentle towards the miserable. The Lord will set him free on Judgment Day.’ A complete chapel was made within the circumference of the former house and was the same simple architecture as the almshouses where the elderly women lived. The façade with its sash windows has fine brickwork, but it represents in no way the beauty and the richness of the interior.