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De Krijtberg

De Krijtberg Kerk is a Roman Catholic church in , located at the Singel. The church was designed by Alfred Tepe and was opened in 1883. The exuberant interior was made by Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Address: Singel 446, Amsterdam, 1017AV
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of . The whole district is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique cultural and historical value, and its property values are among the highest in the country.

Museum
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The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in . The museum is located at the in the borough of , close to the , the , and the . is situated 1 km south of De Krijtberg.

Marketplace
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The is the world's only floating flower market. Founded in 1862, it is sited in , , on the Singel canal between Muntplein and Koningsplein in the city's southern canal belt. is situated 240 metres east of De Krijtberg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amsterdam and Burgwallen Oude Zijde.

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is the capital of the . It is known for the canals that cross the city, its impressive architecture, museums and art galleries, its notorious red light district, and more than 1,500 bridges.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , .

Suburb
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is the inner-most borough and historical of , , containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough.

De Krijtberg

Latitude
52.36778° or 52° 22′ 4″ north
Longitude
4.88807° or 4° 53′ 17″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Inception
1881
Open location code
9F469V9Q+46
Open­Street­Map ID
way 267123478
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6951717
Wiki­data ID
Q1180056
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“De Krijtberg” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣方济各沙勿略堂 (阿姆斯特丹)”
  • Chinese: “圣方济各沙勿略堂”
  • Dutch: “De Krijtberg”
  • Dutch: “Franciscus Xaverius”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van St. Franciscus Xaverius”
  • Dutch: “Krijtberg”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 5399”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Franciscus Xaveriuskerk (Amsterdam)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Franciscus Xaveriuskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كريتبرج”
  • French: “Krijtberg”
  • German: “De Krijtberg”
  • Italian: “De Krijtberg”
  • Latin: “Mons Creteus”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Де Криџберг”
  • Polish: “De Krijtberg (Amsterdam)”
  • Polish: “De Krijtberg”
  • Portuguese: “De Krijtberg”
  • Spanish: “De Krijtberg”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Francisco Javier”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “De Krijtberg”. Photo: Fabre, CC BY-SA 3.0.