Martinitoren
The Martinitoren is the tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen, Netherlands, and the bell tower of the Martinikerk. The tower is located at the north-eastern corner of the Grote Markt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: building it the city of Groningen
- Also known as: “Martini Tower”
Photo: Hardscarf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martinikerk and Forum Groningen.
Martinikerk
Church
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The Martinikerk is the oldest church in Groningen, Netherlands. The church and its associated tower are named after Saint Martin of Tours, the patron saint of the Bishopric of Utrecht to which Groningen belonged.
Forum Groningen
Community center
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Forum Groningen is a cultural center in the city of Groningen in the northern Netherlands that houses a library, cinema, and parts of the Groninger Museum. Forum Groningen is situated 160 metres east of Martinitoren.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oosterparkwijk and Kostverloren.
Corpus den Hoorn
Quarter
Photo: Wutsje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corpus den Hoorn is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km south of Martinitoren.
Martinitoren
- Categories: church tower and inclined tower
- Location: Groningen, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Martinitoren” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Torre Martini”
- Chinese: “聖瑪爾定塔”
- Chinese: “馬提尼塔樓”
- Chinese: “马提尼塔”
- Dutch: “Martinitoren”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 18553”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مارتينيتورين”
- Esperanto: “Martinituro”
- French: “tour Martini”
- French: “Tour Martini”
- German: “Martinitoren”
- German: “Martiniturm”
- Indonesian: “Martinitoren”
- Japanese: “マルティーニ塔”
- Portuguese: “Martinitoren”
- Russian: “Башня Святого Мартина”
- Spanish: “Torre de la iglesia de San Martín”
- Spanish: “Torre Martini”
- Western Frisian: “Martinitoer”
- Western Frisian: “Martinytoer”
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