Oudenbosch Basilica

The Basilica of St. Agatha and Barbara is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Dutch town of Oudenbosch in North Brabant. It was created by the architect Pierre Cuypers and GJ van Swaay than 4 -fold reduced copy of St. Peter's Basilica built with the front of the Lateran Basilica.

History

The construction was carried out on the initiative of Willem Hellemons, which was 1842-1884 pastor of the church, inspired by his long stay in Rome.

After breaking ground in 1865 by the building essentially on 1867 to 1880.

The church was built in 1912 increased by Pope Pius X as the second Dutch church to basilica minor.

Construction and Equipment

The basilica is 81 meters long, 55 meters wide and the dome is at its highest point 63 meters high, it has it. At the height of 51 meters, a diameter of 20 meters

In his classic Italian style, the church building is atypical for Northern Europe, and also in its size also unusual for a small town in North Brabant.

The organ of Christian Ludwig King dates from 1773 and was rebuilt in 1941 on an electro-pneumatic system. 1975 there was a renovation.