The Great Church was built between 1629 and 1639, specifically for protestant use. As usual for such churches, it has a centralizing ground-plan. The architecture still shows Gothic influences.
Location: Kerkplein 2
The catholics built the hidden church Petrus en Paulus in 1788, which for legal reasons was not recognizable as a church at that time. The small tower was added later. The building now serves as theatre.
Location: Zuidvliet 98
The Gereformeerde Immanelkerk was built in 1955 after a design by B.T. Boeyinga and A. Warnaar, based on that of a huegenot church in Calais, France.
Location: Lange Boonestraat 5
The catholic parish of Maassluis was split in two in the 1960's and used two modern churches until they merged again and built a new church in 2006-2007. This new Petrus en Paulus was designed by architects René Olivier and Mari Baauw and is built like a tent; a steel frame covered with a skin of pvc-coated polyester. A unique building for a time in which new catholic churches are rare, and the few which are built are usually inconspicuous objects of no architectural importance.
Location: Andreasplein 1
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