Beautiful view of the Westertoren on a beautiful summer day in 2020 summer day in Amsterdam by Ardi Mulder

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by Ardi Mulder

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The Westerkerk is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in main Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the most western part of the Grachtengordel area (Centrum district), beside the Jordaan, in between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.
The Westerkerk was constructed in between 1620 and 1631 in Renaissance design basing on to designs by architect Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621). He is buried in the church he created previously: the 'Zuiderkerk'. The structure of the Westerkerk was completed and finished by his child Pieter de Keyser (1595-1676) and inaugurated on June 8, 1631. The church has a length of 58 meters and a width of 29 meters. The high nave is flanked by the 2 lower aisles. The three-aisled basilica has a rectangle-shaped scheme with 2 transepts of equivalent measurements. As a result, the prepare for this church was provided the type of 2 Greek crosses gotten in touch with each other.

Numerous older churches in Amsterdam, such as Nieuwe Kerk and Oude Kerk, were initially developed prior to the Reformation and were transformed to Protestantism throughout the Reformation in 1578. The Westerkerk was among the very first intentionally constructed Protestant churches. The Zuiderkerk and Noorderkerk preceded the Westerkerk. Nowadays the Westerkerk stays the biggest church in the Netherlands that was developed for Protestants, and is still in use by the PKN (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland).