Cathedral of St. Bavo (Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo) description and photos - Netherlands: Haarlem (Topic)

St. Bavo Cathedral (Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo) description and photos - The Netherlands: Haarlem. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo.

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St. Bavo's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The temple is the cathedral of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam (Archdiocese of Utrecht) and one of the most impressive religious buildings in the Netherlands.

St. Bavo's Cathedral was built in 1895-1930 as a replacement for the old parish church and the city's cathedral - the church St. Joseph at Yanstraat, which was too small for the Catholic community of Haarlem. The initiator of the construction was Bishop Gaspard Botteman. The design contract was concluded in 1893, and construction work began in 1895. The construction of the cathedral, mainly due to financial difficulties, stretched out for many years, but already in April 1898 (by this time a choir with a semicircular apse had been built, a dwarf gallery and chapels), despite the fact that the robot was still more than 30 years away from completion, the cathedral was consecrated in honor of Saint Bavo, revered by the inhabitants of Haarlem as their patron. The construction was completed only in 1930, and in May 1948, by the decree of Pope Pius XII, St. Bavo's Cathedral was given the status of a minor basilica.

Initially, it was assumed that the famous Dutch architect Petrus Kuypers would design the new cathedral, but the chief architect nevertheless, his son, Joseph Kuypers, became the project. It is known that the original project was executed in the neo-Gothic style, but later Joseph Kuypers made a number of changes to it, and as a result, the Cathedral of Saint Bavo in Haarlem became an excellent example of the harmonious combination of neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style.

Today the Cathedral of Saint Bavo is considered one of the most interesting sights of Haarlem. It is worth noting that the cathedral is interesting not only from the point of view of architecture and interior design; the museum located in its old sacristy deserves special attention, the exposition of which contains unique artifacts that survived the Reformation and will acquaint you with the history of Catholicism in Haarlem.

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