Alphen aan den Rijn. Oudhoornse Kerk. Overzicht westgevel

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"Pearl Alpha" - the so-called the church. He built it in 1665 by architect. Daniël Stalpaert (aka five years by analogy with it built in Amsterdam Oosterkerk) .Krasivo located on the bank of the river, alfenskaya church is well preserved and is famous for its 17 original stained-glass windows. Stained interesting: instead of the traditional biblical themes on them heraldic image - the origin is. Village Oudshoorn had not belonged to the prosperous city of Alphen, so that the money for the decoration of the church was not enough. Then hit upon the idea to apply the great-great-version of crowdfunding - not just collected money by subscription, and everyone who brought a sufficient amount received "nominal" stained "for centuries", depicting the coat of arms, a motto, and the like during the 1979-1983 biennium. The complex restoration and repair work. Among other things, the foundation has been replaced. In 1983 the church renovated building was opened by Queen Yulianoy.