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The edifice links two identical churches, the Französischer Dom (or French Cathedral) to the north, built for the immigrant Huguenots, and the Deutscher Dom (German Cathedral) to the south.
It was at this time that Huguenots (French Protestants) came to Amsterdam to flee persecution in their own country.
In the face of forced conversions, the Protestant Huguenots — many of them the most talented bankers, merchants, and artisans of their generation — fled to Switzerland, Germany, Holland, England, and Scandinavia.
Its name is said to derive from the French word jardin since a large contingent of French Huguenots came to live here to escape political persecution in their homeland.