Domplein
Open cathedral square paved over a vanished nave, between a lone Gothic tower and its severed church.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Domplein in Utrecht follows Herman Saftleven, a Rotterdam-born painter, in the summer of sixteen seventy-four, sketching what a single night had left of the city's cathedral. It reaches back to Saint Willibrord's mission and to Bishop Bernold, whose churches gave medieval Utrecht its shape. Best heard standing on the square between the Dom Tower and the church.
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