Walloon Church, Amsterdam
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The Walloon Church is a Protestant church building in Amsterdam, along the southern stretch of the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal. The building dates to the late 15th century and has been in use as a W
Front facade of the church on Walenpleintje square
Church interior
Church organ
The northern gate, adorned with skulls
Southern Netherlands
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The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain and late
"Catholic Belgium" (Tobias Mayer, 1747); including United Provinces–controlled Generality Lands and territories which fell to the Kingdom of France in 1659–1678 while excluding the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
Silver florin of Emperor Charles V with the coat of arms of the House of Burgundy (Low Countries, etc.) c. 1553.
Velázquez portrait of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, son of Philip III of Spain, Governor General of the Low Countries at age 25, in 1634, until his death in 1641.
Portrait of a patriot from Antwerp, commemorating the uprising against Joseph II