Pilgrimage monument and pilgrims church Jacobskerk cover photo - 37178153

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Netherlands, Friesland Province, village St. Jacobiparochie [municipality Bildt]: On the church square, street Oosteinde is an artwork, monument, of artist Henk Rusman that symbolizes the beginning of the pilgrimage route to Santiago, with a modern scallop. On the road are rays of the shell painted and there is walking a female pilgrim with her â€‹â€‹backpack on her Saint James way. In the background the former Protestant Great Church, Grote Kerk or Jacobskerk which was built by the architect Thomas Adrianus Romein in 1843 in neoclassical architectural style in honor of the Apostle, Holy, St. James the Great or Greater. St. Jacobiparochie is an important place for pilgrims from North Frisia on their road to Santiago de Compostela. This historic building is a hall church with Doric column portico and pediment. The clock tower, belfry, with a square base has a circular lantern cupola with eight columns.

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