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Tolerance

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Tolerance, 2014
2014
Location: Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Dutch are a people long known for their religious tolerance.  But tolerance can lead to apathy.  The Nieuwe Kerk was built in the 15th century as a Catholic church.  It was converted to Calvinist Protestantism after the Protestant Reformation and eventually became a Dutch Reformed Church.  Christian services were held here for about 600 years until 1979, when it was deemed too expensive to keep as a church and ownership was transferred to a cultural organization.  Now it serves as a civic center for exhibitions, art shows and organ recitals.  
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