The Waalse kerk is a historical church dating from the 14th century on the Begijnhof in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

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History

The ''Waalse kerk'' is a Walloon church that was built in the middle of the 14th century and has an upper gallery built for the

Beguines The Beguines () and the Beghards () were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take form ...

who lived there on the courtyard that still bears their name.

Rijksmonument A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...

report The sacristy dates from the 16th century, with wooden arches and a mantel from the 17th century. The organ was built in 1808 by Friederichs, and in the attic there is a mechanical clock that drives the hands on the clock of the organ. In the church tower there is a bell from 1512 with a diameter of 56.5 centimeters.

References

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