Nieuwe Kerk and Other Notable Buildings- Delft, Netherlands
Stadhuis Delft Delft is pretty awesome in that it has two epic churches fairly close to one another. Across the square from the Nieuwe Kerk was the Stadhuis- or city hall building. At the time I had no idea what it was, but it was a cool enough building I just had to get a picture of it! The Nieuwe kerk is currently undergoing renovations and so the grandeur of the building was partially obscured by scaffolding. I appreciate restoration work and keeping people safe, but it does unfortunately take away from the whole experience. Oh well. Although it is called the "New Church" this was originally built as a wooden church in 1381, after a beggar had a vision of Mary, mother of Jesus sitting on a throne on the Markt or main square. A man witnessed the beggar having this vision, and in turn had similar dreams about a church being built on the spot of the vision after the beggar's death. Thirty years later, a temporary wooden structure was built and plans for a more per...