Nederland - Groningen, Martinitoren en kerk

The 'Martinitoren' is with its height of 97 metres the most well known and remarkable landmark of the city of Groningen.

Originally the church (Martinikerk) had an indoor tower, but after it collapsed a new tower was built (between 1470 and 1550) west of the main church. The inhabitants of Groningen call it ‘d'Olle Grieze’ (Old Grey One) after the colour of the bricks.

The 'Martinikerk' got its name from Sint Martinus or Sint Maarten (Saint Martin) and still some murals of him as well as others can be seen in the choir of the church. These beautiful paintings are dating back to the year of 1545. The ceiling has a warm blue colour.
The nave of the church is really impressive and has one of the biggest baroque organs in northern Europe. The construction of this organ started already in 1480 and was finished in the 19th century.

Günter Klaus, , Clyde Sostand, and 20 other people have particularly liked this photo

17 comments - The latest ones

Edward Bowthorpe

Fantastic,eddie,

11 years ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

excellent work

11 years ago.

Philippe_28 ^club

how complex and disparate architecture
well documented image

11 years ago.

Dick M

Good composition and color. I agree the people add interest. Good job.

11 years ago.

Stormlizard ^club

Very good photo.
I visited this area many years ago.

11 years ago.

Helena Ferreira

Superb!!

11 years ago.

X-pose

Mooi! De olle Grieze! Toevallig ben ik er gisteren geweest. De Oostwand wordt/is helemaal veranderd.

11 years ago.

Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿

... A lot of bicycles in your country, Jaap ! (:o))
Excellent photograph !

11 years ago.

Nico Andries

Piercing the sky in an impressive way. Bright and detailed. Beautifully taken..

11 years ago.

Nora Caracci ^club

impressive bell tower, greatly taken !

Your outstanding architectural image was admired & appreciated in ~ Architectural Marvels ~

11 years ago.

Esther ^club

An impressive tower.

11 years ago.

bertapei

very impressive !
well captured.

10 years ago.

Rudy Bernardus

Bedankt Jaap voor je reactie,s, deze ken ik die stoat Bie ons in grunn, mooie foto, gr rudy

10 years ago.

Fantasyfan

Impressive tower

9 years ago.

Teunis Haveman

Mooi de Olle Grieze
Gr Teunis

8 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club has replied to Teunis Haveman

Teunis: moet je de naam van de groep niet wat aanpassen ?/
Ik denk bij de Martinitoren niet direct aan Gronings LANDSCHAP.

8 years ago.

Günter Klaus ^club

Wow,das ist ja ein gewaltiger Turm,den sie da gebaut haben lieber Jaap,schön hast du ihn ins Bild gebracht :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Wochenstart,liebe Grüße Güni :))

6 weeks ago.

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