The church across the canal in this photo is the Sink Nicolaaskerk. Erected in 1887 by A.C. Bleys to honor the patron saint of sailors, it replaced many secret Catholic churches formed after the Calvinists took power and ordered the Catholic icons to be abolished in the 1570s.The architecture is designed in a neo-Renaissance style with black marble columns, a domed ceiling, and wooden vaults. Although it is impossible to see in this picture, the bursts of color of the stained-glass work in the church is very impressive.
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