Zuiderkerk [1] ( Dutch: Zuiderkerk ) is a 17th-century Protestant church near in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The church played an important role in the life of Rembrandt. The temple depicted in one of his paintings Claude Monet.
| protestant temple | |
| Seiderkerk | |
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| niderl. Zuiderkerk | |
 View of the bell tower of the Zeiderkerk Temple | |
| A country |  Netherlands |
| City | Amsterdam |
| Denomination | reformism |
| Type of building | pseudo basilica |
| Architectural style | renaissance, gothic |
| Architect | Hendrick de Keyser |
| Established | 1608 year |
| Building | 1608 - 1611 years |
| Date of Abolition | 1910 year |
| Status | protected by the state |
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| Site | |
History and Description
Seiderkerk was the first church in the city built specifically for Protestants. It was built between 1603 and 1611 on the Söderkerkhof Square (South Cemetery) near Street. The bell tower of the church, towering above neighboring buildings, was completed until 1614 and contains a carillon of bells built by the Hemoni brothers, installed in 1656 along with four bells that rang once a month.
The temple was built in the style of the Amsterdam Renaissance by the architect Hendrik de Keyser, who was buried in the church in 1621. The memorial plate was installed on top of his grave in 1921. The church is a pseudo-basilica with a central nave and two small passages on the sides, with six long grasses with columns with a Tuscan order, with wooden arches and lucarnes. The interior of the temple is designed in the Gothic style. In the 17th century, stained-glass windows in rectangular windows were replaced with transparent glass. The stone eight-meter bell tower has a square base. The roof and spire of the bell tower are covered with lead.
French impressionist painter Claude Monet painted the church during a visit to the Netherlands. There is some confusion about the date this picture was written. She is probably one of the twelve paintings created by the painter in 1874 during a visit to Amsterdam. Now located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States.
Rembrandt’s three children were buried in a church near which a painter lived on Yodenbrestrat. Here, in 1680, Ferdinand Bol, one of the artist’s most famous pupils, was buried. According to local legend, Rembrandt wrote his “Night Watch” in the church because his own studio was too small.
Since 1929, services were no longer held in the church. During the famine in the winter of 1944-1945, the building was used as a temporary morgue, because people were dying faster than they could be buried. The church was closed in 1970 due to the danger of a collapse. In 1976 - 1979 the building was reconstructed. Since 1988, it has housed the municipal information center, with regularly updated exhibitions, as well as a permanent exhibition, which has a 2020 Amsterdam layout. The bell tower has a separate entrance. On the bell tower of 5 bells, the largest sounds with a note of up to 1 octave.
Since June 2006, a “wall of glory” has been installed in the former church with names that have made a positive contribution to the life of the Dutch society through charitable activities.
Notes
- ↑ Amsterdam / V. M. Pappe, V. N. Streletsky, G. A. Shatokhin-Mordvintsev // A - Questioning. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 630. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 1). - ISBN 5-85270-329-X .