Achel Abbey
The Achel Abbey was first built in 1656 as a chapel and soon became a hermitage (1686). In 1846 the building was converted into a priory, and to a Trappist abbey in 1871.
Other nearby buildings
Heilige Servatius
So-called Waterstaat Church with a tower in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque forms.
Heilige Johannes' Onthoofding
The church consists of a nave from 1836-1838, built by the water board inspector J. van der Reydt, a transept and choir from 1932 by J. Franssen and a west tower from 1908-1910, probably designed by C. Franssen. The latter remains to be verified.
Onze Lieve Vrouw Visitatie
The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Visitation was built in Budel from 1904 to a design by architect C. Franssen, to replace the late Gothic church. The nave and the tower were built first. The neo-Gothic church was expanded by the same architect from 1910 to 1912 with a chancel and transept.
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