The Last Two Franciscans of Amsterdam
Photographer Roos Aldershoff documented the final months of the Franciscan city monastery La Verna in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, before its last two friars left in December 2024.
Photo © Roos Aldershoff Photography – Every day at four o’clock, the NOS News is watched over tea / La Verna City Monastery
Photographer Roos Aldershoff documented the final months of the Franciscan city monastery La Verna in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, before its last two friars left in December 2024. The photographs show daily monastic life and its rituals, set against the backdrop of the austere 1960s architecture.
A photographic document about the disappearance of a centuries-old monastic tradition in Amsterdam and the significance of a remarkable place. The opening will also include the launch of the photo book La Verna – Amsterdam’s Last Franciscan City Monastery.