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Grote Kerk, Dordrecht: Interior, detail of rood screen and choir stalls

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Kerk (Church of Our Lady) or simply the Grote Kerk (Big or Great Church) was built between 1285 and 1470 (rebuilt after a fire in 1457). The 65-meter tower contains a carillon with 67 bells including one weighing 9830 kilos, making it the heaviest bell in the Netherlands. Construction of the tower began in 1339. Inside the church are Renaissance choir-stalls made between 1538 and 1542 by a group of woodcarvers from the circle of Jan Terwen. Panels on the stalls depict allegorical processions in an antique style.

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Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Kerk, Dordrecht

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands|Dordrecht|+51.814080+4.660499

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Renaissance', 'Gothic (Medieval)']

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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