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Crucifix church in neo-renaissance style, built in 1886-1887 to a design by the Leiden architect HJ Jesse. The exterior shows a very neat brick architecture with the application of natural stone decorative parts, among other things at the pointed gables on the end facades, the portals and the blocked corner pilasters. Built-in tower with on the corners marked by obelisks, balustrade and slender, stone octagon with incurved spire and top dome. The white plastered interior has a visible wooden roofing with corbels and an integrally preserved inventory in well-carved neo-renaissance shapes, pulpit with enclosure, pews, benches and wrought iron chandeliers. Organ case made in 1822 by JDNolting for the Broederkerk in Nijmegen. In 1887 moved to Katwijk and preserved in a modified form. Bell frame with chime consisting of a bell by W. Wegewaert, 1594, diam. 120.3 cm and a bell by an anonymous founder, 1857, diam. 45.5 cm.

New Church. Beautiful tower built in 1613 by Lieven de Key against the older St. Anna Church, which was replaced in 1645-1649 by the current one designed by Jacob van Campen, stone with inscription east facade. The church is a sober hall building with a wide rectangular floor plan, wider than its predecessor in little harmony with the tower. Internally divided by four pillars in a Greek cross with wooden barrel vaults and the quadrangular sections of flat ceilings. Beautiful prayer room - poor modern glazing. Freestanding pulpit, square tub from the construction period. Originally a choir organ of the St. Bavo in Haarlem, made in 1523 by J. van Covelen. In 1791 transferred to the New Church by HH Hess. He made a new two-manual instrument using much pipework from the older organ. The Pedal was installed on either side of the organ in 1862 by H. Knipscheer. Restored by Van Vulpen in 1985. Bell frame with clock by Cyprianus Crans, 1749, diam. 98 cm. Mechanical tower clock, 1795.

Large cross-shaped church with corner tower in business-expressionist style. 2009 renovation interior, especially ceilings and grounds outside.

Unique historical complex. Rebuilt / reconstructed after heavy war damage in 1940. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Remonstrant church "Nieuwe Kerk", later called "Vrijburg", with outbuildings in the Herman Gorterstraat.The congregation came from the 'old' Remonstrant church on the Keizersgracht, now Rode Hoed. In the 1930s, architect Roodenburgh was also involved in the renovation of a (now demolished) Remonstrant church in Leiden.

The Sint-Nicolaaskerk (old church) was inaugurated at the end of the 14th century. The building was damaged by the city's fire of 1421 and 1452, but more seriously by the fire of 1645, after which date most of the interior. After the Alteratia of 1578, the church became Protestant. The Nieuwe Kerk, since 1814, is used for royal investitures and weddings. Nowadays, it is also one of the main exhibition centres in Amsterdam.

The New Church in Katwijk was a replacement of the former Andreaschurch, which had become too small. The construction started in 1885 and it took two years to finish everything. The current building is the oldest and best-known work of the Dutch architect H. J. Jesse (1860-1943).

Cruciform renaissance church with roof turret. One of the most monumental church buildings built in the 17th century as a Protestant church.

Church and hall complex from 1952, designed by B. van Heyningen and B. Uyterlinde, built for the Reformed Church of Rotterdam-Centrum, to replace the Nieuwe Oosterkerk that was destroyed in 1940. Church hall, built in concrete skeleton construction in modernist forms, with a gallery running around on three sides, consisting of six bays, each with its own internally visible tent roof covering. Semi-detached openwork concrete tower. Modernised liturgical centre, pew plan from the construction period. Since around 1967, the Reformed Church in the Netherlands held services in the Reformed Nieuwe Oosterkerk, even after the sale of this church building to the Pentecostal Church of Capelle aan den IJssel in 1981. This church was founded after the ecclesiastical schism of 1953 in the Reformed Church, in which around 100 members and baptised members from the local Reformed Church transferred to this church association. This department of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands was abolished in 1999.

Interesting modern church with tower. Built as a Reformed church to replace the Westerkerk, elsewhere in Capelle aan den IJssel. The Reformed parish West is a parish within the Protestant parish in Capelle aan den IJssel.