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Until 1578 Amsterdam was largely Cathlolic, with two large parish churches -- the Oude Kerk (Old Church) and the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) -- as well as six chapels along with numerous monasteries and convents.

But in 1578 Calvinists seized power and Amsterdam became the Protestant capital of an infant Dutch republic.

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