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The Nieuwe Kerk (Dutch: [ˈniu.ə ˈkɛr(ə)k], lit. ' New Church ') [1] is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam located on Dam Square, next to the Royal Palace. Formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parish, it now belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
The committee settled on a stained glass window in the Nieuwe Kerk as a fitting memorial as that is the location where the Queen was inaugurated. [2] The window is made up of 40 individual panels that include various mushrooms, flowers and butterflies. [2] It hangs opposite the commemorative window from 1995 celebrating 50 years of freedom. [2]
Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam is a 1657 oil painting on canvas by Emanuel de Witte. [1] References This page was last edited on 21 June 2024, at 16:13 (UTC) ...
In the time of the horse tram (end 19th century), the Dam was the most important tram hub of Amsterdam. After 1900, this function moved to the Central Station, at the other end of the Damrak. Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, Amsterdam's main square became a "national" square well known to nearly everyone in the Netherlands.
About 1645 Van Campen designed the Nieuwe Kerk in Haarlem, a church that influenced Christopher Wren. His best-known work is probably the large Town Hall of Amsterdam (begun 1648), now the Royal Palace in Dam Square. [1] Van Campen worked as an architect, a painter and a designer of decorative schemes, like that for the church organ in Alkmaar ...
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk.
The inauguration of Beatrix as Queen of the Netherlands took place on 30 April 1980 at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. Beatrix ascended the throne immediately following the abdication of her mother Juliana earlier that day. Celebrations were largely marred by riots, known as the Amsterdam coronation riots.
The Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (now belonging to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands) is still used for Dutch royal investiture ceremonies. The Reformation was a time of religious violence between the established Catholic Church, Protestants and governments, in some cases.