Dom tower (building)
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Until the ecclesiastical reorganization in 1559, the Dom was the only cathedral in the Northern Netherlands, an area that roughly coincides with the current Netherlands. Until the opening of St. Bavo's Cathedral in Haarlem in 1898, the Dom was the only church in the Netherlands built as a cathedral.
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Today, the choir, transept and tower remain in the church building. The ship, the construction of which was never completed, collapsed in 1674 as a result of natural disasters. As a result, the Dom tower and the remaining part of the Dom church became separate from each other. The Dom complex also includes a cloister and the large chapter hall (now the auditorium of Utrecht University) where the Union of Utrecht was signed in 1579. The small chapter house of the Dom complex, which was built against the west side of the cloister, was demolished in the nineteenth century. Despite the missing nave and the serious destruction caused by the transition to Protestantism around 1578-1580, Utrechtse Dom is one of the most important Gothic monuments in the Netherlands. It was also one of the earliest examples of Gothic in the Netherlands and is the only building in the country with a style close to the classic French Gothic. The current Dom was preceded by a cathedral in Romanesque style.









