Breda - Grote Kerk

The Breda Grote Kerk (Reformed) was begun in 1290 in Gothic style; but the choir, in addition to rich Late Gothic features, also shows Renaissance influences. The magnificent tower, 97m/318ft high, was built between 1468 and 1509; the top section was added after a fire in 1694. The tower was completely restored between 1944 and 1969.

Other notable features are the Late Gothic choir-stalls (carved with scenes satirizing the clergy) and the pulpit (ca. 1600); in the baptistery a copper font made in Mechelen in 1540 by Joos de Backer of Antwerp; on the left, by the organ, a large painting (ca. 1500) of St Christopher; and, in the north transept, a wall painting of the Annunciation (ca. 1450).