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Nieuwe Kerk in 'View Of Delft' by Carel Fabritius in 1654 This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FabritiusViewOfDelft.jpg

The Nieuwe Kerk is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square (Markt), opposite to the City Hall

The New Church, formerly the church of St. Ursula (14th century), is the burial place of the princes of Orange. In 1584, William the Silent was entombed here in a mausoleum designed by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser. Since then members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been entombed in the royal crypt. The latest are Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard in 2004. Hugo Grotius, born in Delft in 1583, whose statue, erected in 1886, stands in the marketplace outside the church, is also buried here. The church tower, with the most recent recreation of the spire which was designed by Pierre Cuypers and completed in 1872, is the second highest in the Netherlands, after the Domtoren in Utrecht.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Kerk_(Delft))

In 1586, Flemish scientist Simon Stevin used the church's tower to conduct an experiment on gravitational forces.

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The Kerk appears in the golden Age painting by Carel Fabritius, A View of Delft - 1652

Graves
Eleven people are buried in the old vault:

35 people are buried in the new vault:

William III, Prince of Orange, is not buried in the royal crypt. He is buried in Westminster Abbey, due to his position as King of England at the time of his death.

In September 2021, archaeologists announced that the remains of around 200 people had been discovered during the expansion of the royal burial chamber at Nieuwe Kerk

This map of Delft by J.Blaeu from 1649 shows the Nieuwe Kerk in its centre, at the front of which is the main Market Square.
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