Eindhoven (NB): St. Antonius van Padua (J.H.H. van Groenendael, 1917-1918)
This
church was built in a new neighbourhood, mostly inhabited by workers of
the nearby Philips-factory. Architect Van Groenendael based his design
on that of the St. Lawrence outside the Walls in Rome. It's a basilica
in neo-Romanesque style, with a campanile-like tower standing offset to
the right of the front. At the back, the choir has a semicircular apse
with a fake dwarfgallery consisting of blind niches. The use of small
pieces of Kunraderstone, a light coloured marl, earned the church the
name of Steentjeskerk ('church of the little stones'. Next to it is a
presbytery from the same period and made from the same material. |
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