Rijksmonumentenregister · Netherlands
Kerk, Opgong 1
Wetsens, Fryslân, Netherlands
The record
- Designation
- National monument (rijksmonument)
- Class
- Kerk en kerkonderdeel
- Function
- Kerk
- Category
- onroerend gebouwd
- Address
- Opgong 1, 9122 CV Wetsens (Noardeast-Fryslân 21)
- Place
- Wetsens
- Municipality
- Noardeast-Fryslân
- Province
- Fryslân
- Country
- Netherlands
- Coordinates
- 53.34678, 6.03462
- Monument number
- 31596
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUtrecht University LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1630 map "Frisia Occidentalis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This monument in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed's register ↗
The register's description
Omschrijving
Herv. kerk. Nog deels uit tufsteen bestaand, romaans kerkje waarvan de koorsluiting mooi versierd is met deels rood-zandstenen kolonetten en platen in door boogfriezen afgesloten spaarvelden. Gotische ingang. Westgevel in 1842 vervangen; driezijdige sluiting met klokoverhuiving.
English translation
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Description
Reformed church. Partly constructed of tufa stone, Romanesque church of which the choir closure is beautifully decorated with partly red-sandstone colonettes and plates in spandrels closed off by arch friezes. Gothic entrance. West facade replaced in 1842; three-sided closure with bell roof.
Nearby in the register
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- Boerderij, Stinstrawei 1Boerderijunder 1 mi
- Archeologie, SybranshuisArcheologieunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.