Round Lutheran Church (Ronde Lutherse Kerk) description and photos - Netherlands: Amsterdam (Topic)

Round Lutheran Church (Ronde Lutherse Kerk) description and photos - Netherlands: Amsterdam. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Ronde Lutherse Kerk.

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The Round Lutheran Church is located in the center of Amsterdam on the Singel embankment and its impressive copper-covered dome is visible from afar.

The Round Lutheran Church in Amsterdam was built as an alternative to the Old Lutheran church, which by the middle of the 17th century had become too small for the vastly enlarged Lutheran community of Amsterdam. It became the second Lutheran church in Amsterdam and is therefore often called the "New Lutheran Church". The building project was developed by the famous city architect, a prominent representative of the so-called Golden Age of Holland, Adrian Dortsman. In 1671, the Round Lutheran Church first opened its doors to its parishioners.

In 1822, as a result of a fire, the church building was badly damaged. Actually, only the walls of the structure survived, while inside the building was almost completely burned out. But by 1826 the church was restored. The architects working on the restoration tried to recreate as much as possible the original classical building and its interior in the Baroque style, however, the dome was slightly raised and enlarged. At the same time, the church acquired a new organ (restored in 1984).

Since 1935, when the Lutherans left the church, the building was used as a concert hall, and in 1975 the Round Lutheran Church was at the disposal of the Sonesta Hotel ”(Today it is“ Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel ”) and an underground tunnel was dug that connected them, through which hotel guests could immediately get to the conference hall and concert hall located in the church. Since then, the building of the Round Lutheran Church has firmly entrenched the name "Dome of Sonesta".

In 1993, the church building was again badly damaged by fire, but by 1994 it was restored. Today it is still used by the Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel for celebrations and various cultural events, but officially it is still owned by the Lutheran Church. You can only enter it with the permission of the hotel administration.

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