Waalse Kerk (Haarlem)
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The Waalse kerk is a historical church dating from the 15th century on the Begijnhof in Haarlem
, Netherlands
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that was built in the middle of the 15th century and has an upper gallery built for the Beguines who lived there on the courtyard that still bears their name. The sacristy dates from the 16th century, with wooden arches and a mantel from the 17th century. The organ was built in 1808 by Friederichs, and in the attic there is a mechanical clock that drives the hands on the clock of the organ. In the church tower there is a bell from 1512 with a diameter of 56.5 centimeters.
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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The Waalse kerk is a Walloon churchWalloon church
A Walloon church describes any Calvinist church building in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands and France and whose native language is French...
that was built in the middle of the 15th century and has an upper gallery built for the Beguines who lived there on the courtyard that still bears their name. The sacristy dates from the 16th century, with wooden arches and a mantel from the 17th century. The organ was built in 1808 by Friederichs, and in the attic there is a mechanical clock that drives the hands on the clock of the organ. In the church tower there is a bell from 1512 with a diameter of 56.5 centimeters.