Unusual things are going on in the Grote Kerk in Breda...

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Grote Kerk or Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk:

Height (max) 97 m (318.24 ft)

The Grote Kerk or Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady) is the most important monument and a landmark of Breda. The church is built in the Brabantine Gothic style. The tower of the church is 97 meter tall. The plan is in the shape of a Latin Cross.

The first notice of a stone church in Breda is from 1269. In 1410, the construction of the church started with the choir. In 1468, the church was ready but in 1457 the old tower collapsed and between 1468 and 1509 the current tower was built. They continued building until 1547 when the church was finished in its current shape.
In 1566, the Reformation took place and the church was no longer Catholic. In 1637, the church became Protestant.
The tower spire burned in 1694 and the current spire was built in 1702. From 1843 onwards many restorations took place, the last big restoration took place from 1993 until 1998.
The organ in the Grote Kerk of Breda is one of the largest organs in the Netherlands and its history goes back to the 16th century. At that time, the organ only possessed 16 stops. After being displaced several times, the organ arrived at its present location in the church in 1712. After restoration of the church between 1904 and 1956, a new organ was ordered from D.A. Flentrop in Zaandam. In 1969, the new organ was inaugurated.

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De 15e-eeuwse Grote Kerk van Breda is een gebouw met een rijk cultuurhistorisch verleden. Niet alleen de imposante architectuur van de buitenzijde van het gebouw, maar ook de in de kerk aanwezige monumenten, gewelf- en muurschilderingen maken het gebouw tot het belangrijkste monument van Breda.

Zeer bijzonder is de Prinsenkapel met zijn met bladgoud beklede plafond, waar de voorvaderen van ons Koninklijk Huis begraven zijn.

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Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Brabant / Breda (show map)

Taken on: July 29, 2013

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