Basilica of St. Agatha and Barbara

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Oudenbosch Basilica
portal
View from the dome into the interior

The Basilica of St. Agatha and Barbara ( Dutch Basiliek van de Heiligen Agatha en Barbara ) is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Dutch town of Oudenbosch in North Brabant . It was built by the architects Pierre Cuypers and GJ van Swaay as a quadruple copy of St. Peter's Basilica with the front of the Lateran Basilica .

history

It was built on the initiative of Willem Hellemons, who was pastor of the parish between 1842 and 1884 , inspired by his long stay in Rome.

After breaking ground in 1865, the construction was mainly from 1867 to 1880. Before the main facade of the church is the Zouaves -Monument of Leo Stracke from 1911 by Pope Pius IX. shows.

In 1912, Pope Pius X made the church the second Dutch house of worship to be a basilica minor .

construction

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

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

organ

The organ of Christian Ludwig King dates back to 1773 and was converted to an electro-pneumatic system 1,941th In 1975 a renovation took place.

I Hoofdwerk C – f 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Prestant 8th'
3. Holpijp 8th'
4th Quint 6 ′
5. Octaaf 4 ′
6th Quint 3 ′
7th Super octaaf 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV 1'
9. Cornet (D) 6 ′
10. Trumpet 8th'
11. Clairon 4 ′
II Bovenwerk C – f 3
12. Gedekt (B) 8th'
13. Gedekt (D) 8 ′
14th Prestant 8th'
15th Viola di gamba (D) 8th'
16. Prestant 4 ′
17th Gemshoorn 4 ′
18th Quintfluit 3 ′
19th Woudfluit 2 ′
20th Tintinnabulum III (D)
21st Fittings III 2 ′
22nd Basson 8th'
23. Vox Humana 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
24. Principaal 16 ′
25th Subbas 16 ′
26th Octaaf 8th'
27. Octaaf 4 ′
28. Bombard 16 ′
29 Trumpet 8th'

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Basiliek van de HH Agatha en Barbara on gcatholic.org
  2. ↑ More information about the organ ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mediawiz.nl

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 22 "  N , 4 ° 31 ′ 43"  E