Westerkerk

Westerkerk
The Westerkerk in 2015
Religion
Affiliation	Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Rite	Calvinist
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church
Location
Location	Prinsengracht 281,[1] Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geographic coordinates	52°22′28″N 4°53′1″E / 52.37444°N 4.88361°E / 52.37444; 4.88361
Architecture
Architect(s)	Hendrick de Keyser
Style	Dutch Renaissance
Groundbreaking	1620
Completed	1631
Website
www.westerkerk.nl

The Westerkerk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛstərˌkɛr(ə)k]; English: Western Church) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood (Centrum borough), next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.