Oude Kerk, Delft

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church historic building medieval church tourist attraction

Oude Kerk in Delft is a historic medieval church in the Dutch city of Delft, renowned for its leaning tower and as the burial place of notable figures including painter Johannes Vermeer.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oude Kerk	2
Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft	1
Old Church, Delft	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church ⓘ historic building ⓘ medieval church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
builtOver	earlier 11th-century church ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ⓘ surface form: Anthony van Leeuwenhoek Johannes Vermeer ⓘ Maarten Tromp ⓘ Piet Hein ⓘ members of the House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
cityLandmarkOf	Delft ⓘ
constructionStart	1246 ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Hippolytus ⓘ
denomination	Protestant Church in the Netherlands ⓘ
foundedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Old Church ⓘ Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ surface form: Oude Kerk
hasBellTower	yes ⓘ
hasChoir	Gothic choir ⓘ
hasFeature	carillon ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ vaulted ceilings ⓘ
hasGrave	grave of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek ⓘ grave of Johannes Vermeer ⓘ
hasMonument	tomb monuments of Dutch naval heroes ⓘ
hasNave	three-aisled nave ⓘ
hasOrgan	pipe organ ⓘ
heritageRegister	Rijksmonument ⓘ surface form: Dutch national heritage register
heritageStatus	Rijksmonument ⓘ
leaningDirection	slightly westward ⓘ
locatedIn	Delft ⓘ South Holland ⓘ Delft ⓘ surface form: historic centre of Delft
near	Nieuwe Kerk, Delft ⓘ
notableFeature	leaning tower ⓘ
notableFor	leaning tower and historic burials ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
originalDenomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
parish	Protestant Church in the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Protestantse Gemeente Delft
religiousAffiliation	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
towerHeight	approximately 75 meters ⓘ
towerType	brick tower ⓘ
usedFor	concerts ⓘ religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerard Houckgeest → associatedWith → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church, Delft

Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet → associatedWithPlace → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

Johannes Vermeer → burialPlace → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet → depictedSubject → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

View of Delft → depicts → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

Oude Kerk, Delft → hasAlternativeName → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oude Kerk

Delft → hasReligiousBuilding → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oude Kerk

Nieuwe Kerk, Delft → nearbyLandmark → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet → notableWork → Oude Kerk, Delft ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft