Grote Kerk

The Grote Kerk or St Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral placed at the relevant market square inside the Dutch city of Haarlem. Another Haarlem church referred to as the Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam.

This church is an vital landmark for the metropolis of Haarlem and has dominated the metropolis skyline for hundreds of years. It is constructed in the Gothic fashion of architecture, and it became the main church of Haarlem after renovations in the 15th century made it substantially larger than the Janskerk. First point out of a church on this spot turned into made in 1307, however the timber shape burned in the 14th century. The church was rebuilt and promoted to bankruptcy church in 1479 and only have become a cathedral in 1559. The principal architects had been Godevaert de Bosscher and Steven van Afflighem and Evert van Antwerpen. The time period Catholic become by no means honestly associated with this church, because it changed into most effective consecrated as a cathedral in 1559, which was already in the center of the length called the Protestant Reformation.