Zuiderkerk
Amsterdam's first purpose-built Protestant church, a Renaissance tower tied to Rembrandt's grief and a wartime morgue.
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This guide to Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam follows Rembrandt van Rijn's three visits here to bury infant children, and the building's own beginnings as Amsterdam's first purpose-built Protestant church, completed under architect Hendrick de Keyser in 1611. It traces the tower's bells, cast by the Hemony brothers in 1656, forward to a far harsher use the church was put to three centuries later. Look up at the tower as you listen for the bells that still ring today.
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