Boazum
(Fr): reformed
church

The
reformed church of Boazum, or Bozum as the name of this village is in
Dutch, was originally
consecrated St. Martinus, even though it is sometimes referred to as
St. Margaretha. The church was mostly built out of brick, but all walls
have been covered with tuff. It dates from the 12th and 13th centuries
and consists
of a big tower with saddle-roof, which was heightened once juding by
the two series of sounding-holes, a one-aisled nave and a slightly
narrower choir
with a semi-circular apse. This choir was heightened later using
bricks, and was given a five-sided upper part It is in Romanogothic
style, which outside is only visible at the windows, which are lined
with round
profiles.
Inside the choir is covered by a typically Romanogothic mellon-vault.
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