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Roman Catholic St. Caecilia Church in the new housing estate, 1960s, Rotterdam-Alexander. Barely noticeable, but architecturally extremely important, modern church without a tower. In the (south-facing) focal wall an important series of glass-in-plastic windows. In the Maria chapel, rear left, an also extremely important modern window. Artist: of these windows: Ger van Iersel. The parish later merged with the parishes of Rotterdam-Oost, Capelle, Krimpen and Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel.

St. Calixtus. 1906-1908 by Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949) and Jan Stuyt (1868 - 1934). Crucifixion basilica, inspired by the late Lower Rhine Gothic with five-aisled choir and diagonally placed, five-sided closed chapels on the corner of the southern choir aisle and next to the tower.

Roman Catholic Church and parsonage of St. Callistus in Neerbeek, 1933, designed by architect AJ Kropholler in Wassenaar. Built in a sober traditional architectural style influenced by the Delft School, which sought a new interpretation of the traditional norms and values ​​of the past as a reaction to the modern architecture of the Nieuwe Bouwen. The Callistus Church is situated at the intersection of Aldenhofstraat and Laurentiusstraat / Callistusplein and is also fully oriented to the east. The engineering firm Henri Huydts in Maastricht acted as the structural engineer. The northern transept of the church was not built. In 1982, the southern transept was converted into a day chapel, with the pointed arch-shaped dividing arch between the choir and transept being closed with yellow, clean brickwork. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Roman Catholic parish church from 1954, built to replace a church from 1839. Reconstruction church with low tower. Three-aisled pseudo-basilica with wide central nave and straight closed choir. The church design is related to that of the Lourdes church in Haaksbergen by the same architect and from the same period.

The oldest church in Buchten dates from the 13th century and was built in Romanesque style. The parish itself was much older. This church fell into such disrepair at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century that replacement was deemed necessary. In several phases between 1833 and 1837, a new brick church was built in neoclassical style to a design by architect/contractor Beugels from Oirsbeek. The 13th-century Romanesque tower was preserved.

In 1955, architect Jos. Franssen was appointed and was given the task of designing a new church. This had to be done while retaining the old tower. That plan did not go ahead. For the time being, the tower remained in all plans, so that in 1960 it was restored for 2,180 guilders. Eventually, a new location north of the existing church was chosen. Franssen's partner Van der Pluym then came up with a completely new church. Construction began in 1963. It was put into use in 1964, although the work was not yet finished. For example, the bells and the organ still had to be moved from the old church and the church square still had to be arranged, including by demolishing the old church. The church was consecrated in 1965.

In the district of Holz. Neo-Romanesque church without tower. Front facade 1978. Beautiful modern stained glass windows. In the Second World War the church was badly damaged by war violence. The church was restored in 1946.

Interesting late neo-Gothic church with older tower. Replaced church from 1898 designed by A. Tepe, whose tower was retained. The Roman Catholic St. Catherine's Church is a three-aisled pseudo-basilica church with a narrower, five-sided closed choir and an eccentrically placed tower of three sections with an octagonal spire. The neo-Gothic church was built in 1929 to a design by Clemens Hardeman, using the tower of the predecessor from 1898, designed by Alfred Tepe.

The Roman Catholic St. Catherine's Church was built in 1907 to a design by the architects Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949) and Jan Stuyt (1868 - 1934). The applied architectural style is traditionalist. On the apse side, the church is connected to the rectory via the sacristy. This dates from after 1945. This rectory is excluded from protection.

R.-K. church H. Catharina, because of the single manual organ. Made in 1820 by Wander Beekes for the R.-K. church in the Herenstraat (H. Willibrordus) in Utrecht. In 1828 moved to Harderwijk. The organ case also dates from that year. In 1986 restored by the firm Leeflang Orgelbouw in Apeldoorn.