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Westerkerk
The Westerkerk in 2015
Religion
AffiliationProtestant Church in the Netherlands
RiteCalvinist
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusParish church
Location
LocationPrinsengracht 281,[1] Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geographic coordinates52°22′28″N 4°53′1″E / 52.37444°N 4.88361°E / 52.37444; 4.88361
Architecture
Architect(s)Hendrick de Keyser
StyleDutch Renaissance
Groundbreaking1620
Completed1631
Website
www.westerkerk.nl

The Westerkerk (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɛstərkɛr(ə)k]; English: Western Church) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood (Centrum borough), next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Contactgegevens, Westerkerk. Retrieved on 19 June 2014.

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