The St. Piter Church in Grouw

This is a State Reformed Church, built in Grouw in 1100, probably one of the oldest Churches in The Netherlands, with a visible history of wars, destruction and restorations (numerous alterations, trying to save at least something of the past). Grouw is a village in the province Friesland, part of Idaarderadeel, to which also smaller villages belong, like Egum, Friens, Roordahuizum, Warga, Warstiens and Wartena. There are many farmers with cattle, but also the building of small ships for...