# Marekerk

Leiden, Netherlands

A domed church begun in 1639 to a centralized octagonal plan by Arent van 's-Gravesande, among the first in the Netherlands built specifically for Protestant worship. Its pulpit-focused interior expressed a new, reformed idea of the sacred.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 52.1614, 4.4908

[City page](/cities/leiden)

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