In the
beeldenstorm of 1566 the chapel was severely damaged, and after the
Alteratie, the chapel came into Protestant hands, when it was renamed the
Nieuwezijds Chapel by them. The yearly procession that until then had taken place by the Catholics, was forbidden. In 1881, this tradition was reinstated as the
Stille Omgang. The building was deconstructed in 1908, after the Protestant church fathers decided to consolidate the space and sell off the surrounding land to generate income. At that period the Catholic Church was enjoying a surge in popularity and the Protestants were determined not to "give them back their church grounds". The various sections of the old church outside the part left for the modern chapel, were stripped of useful materials, to prevent them ever being used again for Catholic worship, and the ground was sold for the construction of shops, so that the Catholics could never have it back. The miracle church's function had already long been taken over by the Roman Catholic
schuilkerk at the
Amsterdam Beguinage. Despite these measures, the site still has many parts of the old church intact, and the cultural history of the entire site is important for the city of Amsterdam. A few fragments of the chapel came to be on the
Frankendael in the
Watergraafsmeer. On the
Rokin was erected the Mirakelkolom (miracle column), though this was disassembled and raised for the construction of the
North-south line of the
Amsterdam Metro. The entire site is considered a
Rijksmonument, except for certain parts of the interior such as the modern organ. ==References==