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St Anna-te-Drieën
– the trinity of
Anna, her daughter The Basiliek van de HH
Mary and the Agatha en Barbara
infant Jesus – is a (Basilica of SS Agatha and
familiar image in Barbara) in Oudenbosch is
religious art. This a copy of St Peter and
statue from St John of the Laterans in
Mechelen Rome. The picture on the
incorporates the right shows the façade.
town’s coat The interior of the church
of arms. is richly decorated,
though appearances
are deceptive: what
Statue of St Mary
in the Onder de appears to be marble is
Linden Chapel in actually painted wood.
Thorn (Limburg).
Onder De Linden Chapel in Thorn
The Onder de Linden Chapel, located just
outside the town of Thorn in Limburg, was
founded in 1673 by Clara Elisabeth van
Manderscheidt-Blankenheim, who lies buried
in the parish church of Thorn. This chapel,
dedicated to St Mary, is opulently decorated
with carvings and Baroque paintings
depicting scenes of the life of the Virgin Mary.
Shown in the picture on the left is the Onze-
Lieve-Vrouwebeeld (statue of Our Lady).
St Mary’s Chapel is also called the Loretokapel,
after the Holy House of Nazareth in the Italian
town of Loreto, on which the earlier
17th-century part of the chapel is based.
The 15th-century
tower of the
Michielskerk is all
that remains of the
North Brabant Sint-
Michielsgestel. The
medieval church
was built in honour
of the archangel
Michael. The village,
also named after the
saint, grew up
around the church.
Neglect and the
elements have
meant that the
church building itself
has been levelled to
the ground, but the
solid tower has
withstood the ages.
The church of Rolduc, a former canon’s
abbey at Kerkrade which today houses
a Catholic middle school and a training
school for priests, has a fine altar depicting
the Lamb of God. The Lamb of God
represents Christ, who was sacrificed in
the same way as a lamb, in order to take
away the sins of the world.

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