Nieuwe Kerk (The Hague)

Unlike other central building, the church is no simple circular or multifaceted plan but there is a space of two octagonal sections which are connected by a slightly smaller proportion in which the pulpit was prepared.

The Dutch Baroque architecture of the church shows elements of both Renaissance and Classicism.

[1] They adjusted the design of the organ to make it suitable for modern Romantic music.

In the thirties the church was notable as the most impressive building on the Spui, which was one of the streets in the Dutch game of Monopoly.

The Nieuwe Kerk, or new church (first half 17th century), contains the tombs of the brothers De Witt and of the philosopher Spinoza.

Nieuwe Kerk on the Spui
The Nieuwe Kerk on the Spui seen from the east, Bartholomeus van Bassen, 1650
Though the church had not yet been built, the old canals bordering the site can be seen on this 1649 map by Joan Blaeu from the Atlas van Loon
In this Baedeker map from 1905, the canals are all filled in