Basilica of Sts Agatha and Barbara, Ouden­bosch

Believe it or not, this is a nineteenth-century building. The architecture and richly decorated interior, though, make you think that you have entered the sixteenth-century Basilica of St Peter in Rome. The Dutch basilica was commissioned by Father Hellemons. He had studied in Rome and was deeply impressed by one of the largest churches in the world. So he decided to build a smaller version of it in the middle of Brabant province. St Peter‘s in Rome could take 16 of this building, on which the famous Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers worked.