Intloko ngamanyathelo angaphantsi kweSikhululo esiPhakathi sase-Amsterdam, kwaye ikhona: ngamamitha angamakhulu ambalwa ngakwesobunxele, iSt. Nicholas Basilica (i-Basiliek van de H. Nicolaas) yenye yeendawo zokuqala ezisezidolophini ezivakalisi abaninzi. Ngoko kukuqinisekisa ukuba eli bandla elibukhulu, elithintela kwisitalato sawo, lisoloko linyanzelwa. Enyanisweni, ukuthandwa kwayo kunqabileyo nakwezinye iicawa zamandulo e-Amsterdam .
Umcwangcisi uAdrianus Bleijs wakha isithwathwa esikhulu phakathi kuka-1884 no-1887, ngexesha i-neo-Gothic eyakhelwe ngayo iikratshi zamaKatolika. (Iindwendwe zifuna kuphela zikhangele emva kwazo - kwisikhululo sePJH Cuyper, esigqityiwe ngo-1889 - umzekelo wendawo yokwakha ye-neo-Gothic yosuku.) Kwimitha engama-58 ubude, idilesi yangasemva yenye yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu icawa, ukuvisisana kwama-neo-Baroque kunye neo-Renaissance elements. Iinqaba ezimbini ezincinane ziphakama ukusuka kwicala lomnyango wecawa.
Ngo-2012, emva kweminyaka eyi-125 emva kokungcwaliswa, icawa yaphakanyiswa kwi-basilica.
Ingaphakathi laseSt. Nicholas Basilica
Ubungcali bendawo yangaphakathi yebandla lubonisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zabaculi kunye neendaba. Omnye umculi ngumdwebi waseFlemish u-Perre van den Bossche, oqingqiweyo lwakhe lwe-Classicism- kunye neBaroque ehlobisa izibingelelo kunye nepiliti yecawa; isicdiyo esiyifumene kakhulu esidumileyo kwiiGoed Koets, inqwelo enokuthutha indlovukazi waseDatshi kwidilesi yakhe yonyaka yeSenethi yaseDutch kunye neNdlu yabameli kwiSikhulu seNkosana.
Iindonga zecawa zenza umsebenzi wobomi wasePransti uJan Dunselman, owayedume kakhulu kwiPetroli zeSiphambano; I-Sint Nicolaaskerk iqulethe umzekelo wePosselman's Stations njengengxenye yomsebenzi ebewuncedise ebandleni. Umzekeliso wakhe weMangaliso ye-Eucharistic yase-Amsterdam ibonakala ngengalo ekhohlo yentsimbi yecawa.
Sint Nicolaaskerk (iSt
Prins Hendrikkade 73
1012 AD Amsterdam
www.nicolaas-parochie.nl
- Ungeniso mahala.
- Izikhokelo: ISt. Nicholas Basilica ngqo ngqo kwisitalato ukusuka kwisikhululo se-Amsterdam. Ukusuka kwicala lasezantsi lesitishi, inhloko ishiywe kuPrins Hendrikkade; ibandla libhekene necala lesitalato.