Sint-Willibrorduskerk

18th-century Catholic church built when it still had to hide its identity

Sint-Willibrorduskerk began as a Catholic church that was not allowed to look like a church from the street. It opened in 1768, when public Catholic worship in the Dutch Republic still carried restrictions, and was later given a more openly church-like facade during a 19th-century renovation.

It is a modest stop, but it adds a useful religious and social-history layer to Zierikzee's better-known harbour gates and civic buildings.

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