Created By: Jos Berkien
The current church, a Gothic hall church, was built between 1450 and 1525. It was richly decorated with murals and was full of statues of saints and altars. This Catholic splendor came to an end when the Calvinists took possession of the church in 1580 and renamed it the Grote Kerk. The interior was seriously destroyed and finally plastered white. The consequences of the Calvinist iconoclasm are still visible in various places in the church.
This point of interest is part of the tour: Deventer City Tour
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