Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren

The Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren is a church tower in Amersfoort. The Late Gothic constructing is ninety eight.33 metres tall and reaches high above the inner town. It is one of the most captivating monuments in town and the 4th highest church tower inside the Netherlands. The nickname of the tower is Lange Jan Long John.

The church that belonged to the tower become destroyed by means of a gunpowder explosion within the 18th century. The first chapel on web page become constructed on this website online inside the 14th century. In the 15th century the chapel was changed through new church with 3 aisles. When the tower turned into built isn't precisely recognised. Construction began around 1444 and changed into completed around 1470. The authentic documents of the development had been destroyed through the Protestants in 1579 at some stage in the reformation and the following iconoclasm. The church and tower had been taken over by means of the Protestants and now not belonged to the Catholics. The church additionally has been used for other purposes than worshiping. It turned into used as a garage area for ammunition and as laboratory for the producing of shells.