Oude Kerk
Around 1240, civil servant Bartholomeus van der Made took the initiative to expand the church with two aisles and a choir. But when Count Willem II granted the bustling town of Delft city rights in 1246, that was considered the official 'birth year' of the Oude Kerk. At that time, the church was still named after Saint Bartholomew, the patron saint of the founder. In the centuries that followed, the place of worship developed into an impressive Gothic basilica. But the Oude Kerk still exudes something of the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.
