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| Dutch door in our kitchen, seen from outside |
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| Side view of house, taken from the street |
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| "Still life with breakfast" |
Today we were tourists in Haarlem. We visited quite a few 'hofjes'- inner gardens with small houses around them that were founded as charitable institutions by wealthy Haarlemmers in the 17th & 18th centuries.
We also visited St. Bavo's on the Grote Markt. It's a magnificent structure, as you have already seen in the painting by Berckheyde from a few days ago.
The lovely and ornate rood screen. I took some pictures of the interesting creatures depicted on the screen:
You may remember reading about my interest in Saenredam's paintings of church interiors? He did one in St. Bavo. I was delighted to come across a poster of his painting propped against a pillar, marking the very spot where he stood to capture his view!
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| Saenredam's view |
Very nice detail!
WOW! It really is one of the most impressive organ fronts in the world. Even for a person who has seen a few- it took my breath away seeing it again!
We were a bit foot-sore by then, so we decided to take a canal boat tour. Here are some choice pictures from that:
The Cathedral-Basilica St. Bavo, aka the New Bavo. I used to go to organ concerts here nearly every week during the summer organ season.
Beautiful step-gables across from the Frans Hals Museum.
The other Bavo, officially called Grote- of St. Bavokerk.
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