Oudenbosch - Basilica of SS. Agatha and Barbara

(Local Name: Basiliek van de HH. Agatha en Barbara) The Basilica of SS. Agatha and Barbara (Basiliek van de HH. Agatha en Barbara) was built by P. J. H. Cuypers between 1865 and 1880 on the model of St Peter's in Rome. The dome of this reduced and simplified copy of the original has a diameter of 68m/223ft. The west front, which dates from the end of the 19th century, is also based on a famous model, the church of St John Lateran in Rome. Some of the interior decoration was the work of the Antwerp sculptor F. de Vriendt.