Imani masitepe pang'ono kumwera kwa Central Station ya Amsterdam, ndipo ili ndi: mamita ochepa chabe kumanzere, St. Nicholas Basilica (Basiliek van de H. Nicolaas) ndi chimodzi mwa malo oyambirira omwe alendo ambiri amapezeka mumzindawu. Kotero ndikudziwitsidwa kuti tchalitchi chachikulu ichi, chimene chimagunda msewu wake, kaŵirikaŵiri chimanyalanyazidwa. Inde, kutchuka kwake kuli kochepa kwambiri ndi maiko ena ovomerezeka ku Amsterdam .
Adrianus Bleijs wokonza zomangamanga anamanga tchalitchi cha mtanda pakati pa 1884 ndi 1887, panthawi yomwe mipingo ya Neo-Gothic inkavomerezedwa ndi matchalitchi achikatolika. (Alendo akufunikira kuyang'ana kumbuyo kwawo - PJH Cuyper's Central Station, yomaliza mu 1889 - monga chitsanzo cha mapangidwe a neo-Gothic a tsikulo.) Pa mamita 58 mamita, dome kumbuyo ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zofunikira kwambiri za tchalitchi, mgwirizano wa zochitika za Neo-Baroque ndi za Neo-Renaissance. Nsanja ziwiri zazifupi zimayambira kuchokera mbali zonse za khomo la tchalitchi.
Mu 2012, zaka 125 zitapatulidwa, tchalitchichi chinalimbikitsidwa kupita ku tchalitchi.
M'kati mwa Basilica ya St. Nicholas
Zojambula m'mkati mwa mpingo zimasonyeza ojambula osiyanasiyana ndi ma TV. Wojambula woteroyo ndi Flemish wojambula Perre van den Bossche, yemwe zithunzi zake za Classicism- ndi Baroque-zojambula zimakongoletsa maguwa ndi guwa la tchalitchi; studio yomwe anayambitsa ndi yotchuka kwambiri kwa Gouden Koets, galeta lomwe limatengera mfumukazi ya Dutch kupita ku adiresi yake pachaka ya Dutch Senate ndi House of Representatives pa Prince's Day.
Makoma a tchalitchi ali ndi ntchito ya moyo wa wojambula zithunzi wa Chidatchi Jan Dunselman, yemwe anali wotchuka kwambiri pa Stations of the Cross; Sint Nicolaaskerk ili ndi chitsanzo cha Dunselman's Stations monga gawo la ntchito yomwe wapereka ku tchalitchi. Chithunzi chake cha chozizwitsa cha Ekaristi cha Amsterdam chikuwonekera mu dzanja lamanzere la transept la tchalitchi.
Sint Nicolaaskerk (St.
Prins Hendrikkade 73
1012 AD Amsterdam
www.nicolaas-parochie.nl
- Kulowa ulele.
- Malangizo: Basilica ya St. Nicholas ili pafupi ndi msewu kuchokera ku Station Station ya Amsterdam. Kuyambira kumwera kwa sitima, mutu unatsala pa Prins Hendrikkade; mpingo uli mbali yina ya msewu.