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Religion In Venice Of North
he historic churches building was erected circa 1300.
located in the Amsterdam Soon the necessity arose to build
city centre form the core a second church. The Church of
of an important group of large Our Lady or Nieuwe Kerk or New
historic buildings. The various Church was designed as a branch
churches of Amsterdam can be church to the Oude Kerk. However,
distinguished into three groups it was not long before the
the medieval Gothic churches, younger church surpassed its
17th and 18th century Renaissance older forerunner. Apart from
and Classicist churches and these two major churches there
finally the 19th century churches are many smallish Gothic chapels,
built in what are commonly called some of them belonging to the
revival styles. Amsterdam convents (Engelse Kerk,
Waalse Kerk). The medieval
What is so striking of Amsterdam churches were by definition Roman
churches that how large and empty Catholic churches named after
they seem as compared to the saints. After the Reformation
Gothic cathedrals of France. In they were taken over by the
the beginning all of them were Protestants, who soon suppressed
built as Catholic churches, later all references to Catholic
on all ornamentations and imagery saints. The church of St.
was removed during the Nicholas became the Oude Kerk
reformation. (Old Church); the church of Our
Lady became the Nieuwe Kerk (New
The Oude Kerk or the Old Church Church) and two chapels,
was originally called Church of originally devoted to St. Olof or
St. Nicholas. It is the oldest St. Odulphus and the Miracle of
building in Amsterdam. The first Amsterdam were renamed the
church which was built on the Oudezijds and Nieuwezijds chapels
site of the present Gothic respectively.
today and is now a museum, is
The chaos brought about by the Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder - Our
Reformation and the quarrel with Lord in the Attic.
the Catholic king of Spain
resulted in Amsterdam becoming a Zuiderkerk or the South Church is
Protestant city. In the end, only an attractive 17th-century
those who belonged to the Dutch church, designed by Hendrick de
Reformed Church were allowed Keyser. It is the first
freedom of worship. They were Protestant church in The
permitted to equip their churches Netherlands. The Zuiderkerk’s
with towers. All other religious tower ranks among the finest
denominations, with the exception towers in Amsterdam and is nearly
of the influential Jewish 262 feet high. Climbing to the
community, were forced top of the tower gives visitors a
underground. panoramic view over the city. No
longer used as a church
Religious gatherings of other Zuiderkerk now houses an
religious groups were accepted on exhibition on town planning.
the condition that their
buildings were not recognizable Westerkerk or West Church is
as churches from the outside. The another Protestant Church having
Roman Catholics in town held a tower crowned by a blue orb and
Masses in so-called crown and gilded weathercock and
conventiclers, churches disguised rising to a height of 276 feet
as ordinary houses and equipped above the city. This magnificent
with collapsible altars and 17th-century Renaissance church
movable furniture. In this way is one of the city’s most
the ‘church’ could be turned into important landmarks. It has the
a house at will. The best-known honor of the place where Queen
conventicler, which survives Beatrix was married in 1966, and
reputedly the site of Rembrandt’s and marvel at the breathtaking
grave. One has to climb the steps views afforded over the Amsterdam
of the tower to see the carillon, skyline.
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