Location Leiden, Netherlands Width 65,7 meters Phone +31 71 514 9636 Burials Justinus van Nassau | Length 70,7 meters Province South Holland Architectural style Gothic architecture | |
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Geographic coordinates 52° 9′ 29″ N, 4° 29′ 39″ E Address Nieuwstraat 20, 2312 KC Leiden, Netherlands Similar Pieterskerk - Leiden, Burcht van Leiden, Marekerk, Museum De Lakenhal, Museum De Valk | ||
Hooglandse Kerk is a Gothic church in Leiden dating from the fifteenth century. The brick church is dedicated to St. Pancras and today serves parishioners of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
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History
The Bishop of Utrecht ordered the construction of a wooden chapel on December 20, 1314. By 1377 the population and economic prosperity of Leiden called for a larger structure, and construction began on the current structure. The sanctuary was finished in 1391 and the ambulatory in 1415.
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Hooglandse Kerk Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA