Carillon

There are records of a church called the Church of Our Dear Lady on this site around 1350. The tower itself dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. 
Unfortunately, the nave was demolished in 1882, but the slender late-gothic Carillon Tower still gives Edam a delightful silhouette. The famous bells, protruding from the open lantern, were made in 1566 by Pieter van den Ghein. 
They play a short melody every quarter of an hour.