t The three houses which make up the Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer Op Solder
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Tucked away on the edge of the Red Light District is a restored 17th-century canal house, with two smaller houses to the rear. The upper storeys conceal a secret Catholic church known as Our Lord in the Attic (Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder).
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t The three houses which make up the Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer Op Solder
After the Alteration, when Amsterdam officially became Protestant, many hidden churches were built throughout the city. Bourgeois merchant Jan Hartman added this chapel to his house in 1663. It was extended in around 1735 to create more seating space. The building became a museum in 1888, and displays fine church silver, religious artifacts and paintings. Next door to the church is an exhibition space, café and shop.
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t The house on the canal, built by Hartman in 1661, conceals the two smaller houses behind
The church is painted caput mortuum , or “dead head” pink.