Burgum Church

Burgum, Netherlands

The tuffstone edifice of Burgum Church was built c. 1100 and was enlarged about a century later. It was again enlarged about a century after that and possesses a monumental Pipe organ that was built from 1783-1788 by L. van Dam & Zn. from Leeuwarden.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Nieuwstad 5, Burgum, Netherlands

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Details

Founded: c. 1100
Category: Religious sites in Netherlands

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.3/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Bram Molenaar (11 months ago)
Beautiful church with beautiful organ

Paul Jozef Rijskamp (11 months ago)
Beautiful building. Old fresco seen.

Vahid Hosseini (13 months ago)
Very good

Arnold Steensma (3 years ago)
The cruciform church is located in Bergum in Friesland. There is also a cemetery around the church

emd Cas (3 years ago)
Beautiful church and beautiful cemetery. Ended up here looking for my family history and also found the grave of my great-grandparents. Fortunately not cleared. Very nice manager who could also tell us a lot about the church and the graves around it. I will definitely come back here.

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