Roermond - Munsterkerk

Under the crossing is the tomb of the founder, Count Gerard III of Gelre (d. 1229) and his wife Margaretha van Brabant (d. 1231). The abbey was destroyed by French troops in 1797 but the church was preserved. It was restored between 1864 and 1891 by P. J. H. Cuypers, who replaced the 18th century bell-tower by two towers at the west end, believing that that had been the 13th century builders' intention.

A cruciform basilica with a rib-vaulted roof, the Munsterkerk is one of the finest Late Romanesque churches in the Maas area. The high west end of the church, rising above the nave, is flanked by twin towers. The east end has the trefoil layout characteristic of the Rhineland, with a tower over the crossing crowned by a ribbed dome (17th C.). On the high altar is a Brabantine altarpiece of 1530.