Marekerk
Sign in to saveThe Marekerk is a Protestant church in Leiden, located at the Lange Mare and the Oude Vest canal. The church can be easily seen from the Oude Vest and the Burcht van Leiden by its round dome.
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- Instance of
- church building
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Leiden
- Image
- Leidenmarekerk.jpg
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- Marekerk
- architect
- Jacob van Campen
- heritage designation
- Rijksmonument
- architectural style
- Classicism
- postal code
- 2312GS
- inception
- 1650-00-00
- street address
- Lange Mare 48
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The Marekerk is a Protestant church in Leiden, located at the Lange Mare and the Oude Vest canal. The church can be easily seen from the Oude Vest and the Burcht van Leiden by its round dome.
==History== left|thumb|View of Leiden towards the North. The Marekerk was the tallest building on the horizon, until the Catholic church Hartebrugkerk (center) was built with a taller tower in 1836. Church (de Marekerk) with boat in the canal|left|thumb The church was designed by the city architect Arent van 's-Gravesande in 1639–1649, who also designed the Bibliotheca Thysiana on Rapenburg 25. It was one of the first churches in the Netherlands designed specifically for Protestant church services. It was opened in 1649. The main entrance was designed by Jacob van Campen in 1659. The organ was built by Pieter de Swart around 1560 for the choir of the Pieterskerk and it was moved to the Marekerk in 1733 and enlarged by Rudolph Garrels. It was restored in 1966 by Flentrop Orgelbouw.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marekerk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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