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The Basilica of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas) is located in the Old Centre district of Amsterdam, Netherlands, very close to Amsterdam's main railway station. St, Nicholas is the patron saint of both the church and the city of Amsterdam. The basilica is the city's primary Roman Catholic church. [1]
Amsterdam St Nicholas De Krijtberg Kerk is a Roman Catholic church in Amsterdam , located at the Singel . The church was designed by Alfred Tepe and was opened in 1883.
De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam.The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" (The Parrot) because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly.
St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D. The day is celebrated as a feast day.
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The St. Nicholas Collegiate Church at 600 Fifth Avenue at 48th Street was built in 1869-72, designed by W. Wheeler Smith in the Gothic Revival style, which critic Montgomery Schuyler called "Gothic gone roaring mad". Before being named after St. Nicholas, it was known as the Fifth Avenue Church and the Forty-Eighth Street Church.
Basilica of Saint Nicholas may refer to: Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Amsterdam, church in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Bari, church in Bari, Italy; Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Nantes, church in Nantes, France; Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, church in Łowicz, Poland
The Oude Kerk (English: Old Church) is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute (since 2012). The building was founded about 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint.