Kampen - Bovenkerk
On Muntplein, near the south end of the old town, stands the Bovenkerk (Upper Church or St Nicolaaskerk, a massive structure (14th-16th C.) with a spacious interior.
This Gothic cruciform basilica, with double aisles flanking the nave and a ring of chapels round the ambulatory, was begun about 1325, but building continued for over 200 years; the north and south doorways were completed in 1500, but the spire on the tower was not added until 1808. Notable features of the interior are the magnificent Gothic choir, the choir screen (early Renaissance), the Late-Gothic stone pulpit, the wall paintings and the Baroque organ (1670-76).
This Gothic cruciform basilica, with double aisles flanking the nave and a ring of chapels round the ambulatory, was begun about 1325, but building continued for over 200 years; the north and south doorways were completed in 1500, but the spire on the tower was not added until 1808. Notable features of the interior are the magnificent Gothic choir, the choir screen (early Renaissance), the Late-Gothic stone pulpit, the wall paintings and the Baroque organ (1670-76).
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Bovenkerk
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