St. Peter's Church (Dutch: ''Pieterskerk'') is a

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and former

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church in the city of

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in the Netherlands, dedicated to

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. It is one of the city's oldest churches. Its construction began in 1039 and it was inaugurated on 1 May 1048 by

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(although the lost west towers were probably only finished about a century after the inauguration). The church was the eastern end of Utrecht's " Kerkenkruis", of which the Domkerk is the centre. Characteristic of the Romanesque style in which it is built are the church's large nave pillars, each hewn from one piece of red

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, and the crypt under the choir. The building is now used by the

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Image:Pieterskerk Utrecht.JPG, The choir of the Pieterskerk seen from the southeast Image:Pieterskerk interieur.JPG, Interior of the Pieterskerk Image:Pieterskerk - Crypte.JPG, Crypt of the Pieterskerk Image:Pieterskerk - reliëf.JPG, One of the Romanesque reliefs from the Pieterskerk Buildings and structures completed in 1048 Churches completed in the 1040s 11th-century churches Churches in Utrecht (city) Rijksmonuments in Utrecht (city) Reformed church buildings in the Netherlands Romanesque architecture in the Netherlands Dutch Reformed Church buildings Protestant churches converted from Roman Catholicism {{Netherlands-church-stub