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movement prevailed and a new space was therefore needed for the burial of the community’s deceased and for their religious services. The latter were held in a room in Via del
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building representing one of few 19th-century constructions in this style in
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Protestant church bears witness to the intercultural climate that once reigned in the city of Livorno. Since the second half of the 20th century, however, the church has been closed to the public and practically abandoned, and is now in need of major restoration work. The risk of collapse to
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Following the demise of the last members of the
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At the beginning of the new millennium, following the reconstitution of the
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Furthermore, the serious decay of the building is accentuated by the delayed restoration of the retaining wall of the Fosso Reale canal that lies in front of the church. The wall caved in at the end of the 1980s but the raw cement of the incomplete repair work still remains.
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from the origins of the city in the early 17th century when the Dutch German
Congregation was established. This association is still active today, although it began its activities again after being reconstituted in 1997. To begin with, the community followed the
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The interior consists of a large rectangular nave, preceded by a gallery above the vestibule and enclosed by a large circular apse. Giacomelli combined elements of traditional Gothic architecture with others of a
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semi-collapse, the resulting rubble covering the ancient wooden pews (many from the 18th century); the wooden floor has also collapsed in various points, while numerous elements of stonework have fallen off the facade.
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apartment building was even authorised. At the same time, the ornamental details of the church began to crumble dangerously, starting with the elegant pinnacles that used to adorn the facade.
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but was deprived of its organ. After the War, the church, with its excellent acoustics, was used for numerous concerts. At the end of the 1960s it was rented to the
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During the Second World War the church was used for worship by
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which the building is dangerously exposed was already reported in 2005 by the vice president of the
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