Friday, January 9, 2015

Sint-Bavokerk (Church of St. Bavo), Haarlem

Grote Markt 22, 2011RD Haarlem, The Netherlands  Website

Located in the heart of Haarlem, on the Grote Markt, this Gothic church is its main landmark. It was built as a catholic church in 14-16th century, but later confiscated to become protestant one.
Inside huge organ (used to be the largest in the world) is one of the attractions, as well as a model of the ship, donated by the ship-owners.
Note for architects and engineers: complicated wooden arched ceiling.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550"] Impressive main nave[/caption]

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