Mozes en Aaronkerk

This large Roman Catholic church grew out of an old secret church hidden inside a townhouse on the outskirts of the Amsterdam ghetto, which was established so that its original clans could worship in secret during the Prohibition of Catholicism. As their numbers grew, the church expanded into other buildings. It is said that the famous Dutch Jewish philosopher Spinoza grew up in one of these homes. When the ban on Catholicism was lifted in the mid-nineteenth century, the underground chapel was demolished and replaced with a contemporary public place of worship.