Mozes en Aäronkerk - Amsterdam, Netherlands
N 52° 22.088 E 004° 54.191
31U E 629573 N 5803688
The Mozes en Aäronkerk (English: Moses and Aaron Church), a Roman Catholic Church, was built between 1837 and 1841 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMM6BX
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 07/29/2014
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"The Moses and Aaron Church (Dutch: Mozes en Aäronkerk), in the Waterlooplein neighborhood of Amsterdam, is officially the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Dutch: Sint-Anthoniuskerk). Originally a clandestine church, it was operated by Franciscan priests at a house on Jodenbreestraat ["Jewish Broad Street"], where the wall tablets of Moses and Aaron hung on the wall. In 1970, the present church was designated as a Cultural Heritage Monument (Dutch: Rijksmonument) of the Netherlands.
Construction
The present building was built as a "Water Management Church" (Dutch: Waterstaatskerk), between 1837 and 1841 from a design by Tilman-François Suys (1783-1861) in the style of neoclassicism, with three aisles and a recessed rectangular choir. Suys also designed the Groenmarktkerk ["Green Market Street"] in Haarlem. The facade, with its twin towers, was said to be inspired by the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris and Santissima Trinità dei Monti in Rome."
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