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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
L. WAARDENBURG, 1994-2004, Schiedamsesingel 220, Rotterdam
Russisch-Orthodoxe Kerk / Russian Orthodox Church ( L. Waardenburg )
© 2007 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Leen Waardenburg

BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Foreign Church Route

Rotterdam has long been home to the widest variety of foreign religious denominations and churches. After the Reformation, the Netherlands was in vogue because of the freedom of religion enjoyed there. Rotterdam's Scottish and Walloon religious communities derive from those times. Many seafarers' churches would follow later. Often exotic structures, these have been welcomed by the city as an enrichment. This is not the case with the still contested construction of mosques for the growing Muslim community. Many exceptional churches are located on a route along Schiedamse Vest and Westzeedijk.
Tucked into the dyke of Westzeedijk since 2004 is the Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to the Holy and Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, after a period spent in successive existing premises in Rotterdam since the Second World War. This church, which is typical of old Russian architecture, is white with a single gold dome and a roof of green patinated copper. See also the Greek Orthodox Church.