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Many concerts are performed here, including the BBC Singers and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The floor consists entirely of gravestones. The reason for this is that the church was built on a cemetery. Local citizens continued to be buried on the site within the confines of the church until 1865. There are 2500 graves in the Oude Kerk, under which are buried 10,000 Amsterdam citizens, including Dutch figureheads, the naval hero Jacob van Heemskerck and Dutch West India Company board member Kiliaen van Rensselaer, one of the founders of New Amsterdam on Manhattan, known today as New York. TowerBefore the Alteratie, or reformation in 1578, the Oude Kerk was principally Catholic. Following William of Orange’s defeat of the Spanish and the influence of Calvinists, the church was adopted by the Protestants. Throughout the 16th century battles, the church was looted and defaced on numerous occasions. All that was spared were the paintings on the ceiling that could not be reached. Locals would gather in the church to gossip, peddlers sold their goods and beggars sought shelter. This was not tolerated by the Calvinists however, and the homeless were expelled. In 1681 the choir was closed off with a brass screen. Above the screen is the text, “The false practices gradually introduced into God’s church, were here undone again in the year seventy eight,” referring to the reformation in 1578. In the same year, the Oude Kerk became home to the registry of marriages. It was also used as the city archives, the most important documents locked in a chest covered with iron plates and painted with the city’s coat of arms. The chest was kept safe in the iron chapel. The baroque underside of the main organRembrandt was a frequent visitor to the Oude Kerk and his children were all christened here. It is the only building in Amsterdam that remains in its original state since Rembrandt walked its halls. 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It stands in De Wallen, now Amsterdam's main red-light district.<br /> <br /> The church covers an area of some 3,300 square meters. The foundations were set on an artificial mound, thought to be the most solid ground of the settlement in this marshy province.<br /> <br /> The church has seen a number of renovations performed by 15 generations of Amsterdam citizens. The church stood for only half a century before the first alterations were made, the aisles lengthened and wrapped around the choir in a half circle to support the structure. Not long after the turn of the 15th century, north and south transepts were added to the church creating a cross formation. Work on these renovations was completed in 1460, though it is likely that progress was largely interrupted by the great fires that besieged the city in 1421 and 1452.<br /> <br /> The roof of the Oude Kerk is the largest medieval wooden vault in Europe. The Estonian planks date back to 1390 and boast some of the best acoustics in Europe. Many concerts are performed here, including the BBC Singers and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.<br /> <br /> The floor consists entirely of gravestones. The reason for this is that the church was built on a cemetery. Local citizens continued to be buried on the site within the confines of the church until 1865. There are 2500 graves in the Oude Kerk, under which are buried 10,000 Amsterdam citizens, including Dutch figureheads, the naval hero Jacob van Heemskerck and Dutch West India Company board member Kiliaen van Rensselaer, one of the founders of New Amsterdam on Manhattan, known today as New York.<br /> <br /> TowerBefore the Alteratie, or reformation in 1578, the Oude Kerk was principally Catholic. Following William of Orange’s defeat of the Spanish and the influence of Calvinists, the church was adopted by the Protestants. Throughout the 16th century battles, the church was looted and defaced on numerous occasions. All that was spared were the paintings on the ceiling that could not be reached.<br /> <br /> Locals would gather in the church to gossip, peddlers sold their goods and beggars sought shelter. This was not tolerated by the Calvinists however, and the homeless were expelled. In 1681 the choir was closed off with a brass screen. Above the screen is the text, “The false practices gradually introduced into God’s church, were here undone again in the year seventy eight,” referring to the reformation in 1578.<br /> <br /> In the same year, the Oude Kerk became home to the registry of marriages. It was also used as the city archives, the most important documents locked in a chest covered with iron plates and painted with the city’s coat of arms. The chest was kept safe in the iron chapel.<br /> <br /> The baroque underside of the main organRembrandt was a frequent visitor to the Oude Kerk and his children were all christened here. It is the only building in Amsterdam that remains in its original state since Rembrandt walked its halls. In the Holy Sepulchre is a small Rembrandt exhibition, a shrine to his wife “Saskia” van Uylenburgh who was buried here in 1642.<br /> <br /> Website: <a href="/external_link?url=http://www.oudekerk.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.oudekerk.nl/</a> </div> <div id="afterContentAdv" class="advertising-mobile"> </div> <div class="placeinfo-row placeinfo-additional nested-objects"> <a data-rel="edit" id="add-child" class="btn btn-small" href="/object/edit/?id=0&lng=0&parent=4329"> <i class="icon-plus"></i>  Add place (company, shop, etc.) to this building </a> </div> <div class="placeinfo-row wikipedia-link"> <strong>Wikipedia article:</strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oude_Kerk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oude_Kerk</a> </div> <div> <b>Nearby cities:</b> <span class="city"></span> <span class="city"></span> <span class="city"></span> </div> <div><b>Coordinates:  </b> 52°22'27"N   4°53'53"E</div> <div id="comments" class="placeinfo-row placeinfo-additional comments-block clearfix"> <div id="comments-form-toggle"> <button data-rel="comments-form-toggle" class="notinwikistyle btn btn-large btn-block" type="button"> Add your comment in english </button> </div> <h4>Comments</h4> <ul class="unstyled comments-list comments-root active"> <li class="comment" id="comment-4"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <div class="thumbnail pull-left user-avatar"> <img class="small" src="/img/nofoto_50.png" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-header" id="comment-header-4"> <a data-rel="profile" rel="nofollow" href="/guest/-736544215" id="comment-creator-4" class="guest">Boyan (guest)</a> </div> <div id="comment-content-4" class="comment-content"> The whole church is surrounded by the "windows" of the Red Light district with scantily clad girls beckoning to male passers-by.You can also see the prostitution monument which is so small that you can bypass it. I simply can't imagine how these two things (church and brothels) coexist side by side. I know that many people will again speak of "tolerance" but I do not accept such an extreme form of it even in Amsterdam. </div> <div id="comment-footer-4" class="comment-footer"> <span id="comment-date-4" class="time">13 years ago</span> <span class="comment-buttons"> <span id="showCommentReplyForm-4" class="comment-reply-sw"> <span class="gray-">|</span> <span class="likelink" onclick="showCommentReplyForm(4)">reply</span> </span> <span class="hidden" id="hide-comment-4" > <span class="gray-">|</span> <span class="show-comment likelink"onclick="hideComment('4');">hide comment</span> </span> </div> <div id="comment-footer-deleted-4" class="comment-footer hidden"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-reply-form-container" id="commentReplyForm-4"></div> </li> <li class="comment" id="comment-5"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <div class="thumbnail pull-left user-avatar"> <img class="small" src="/img/nofoto_50.png" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-header" 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