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Interesting neo-Gothic church with tower in the church village of Loo.

Barn church, until 1801.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter's Bands. Founded before 1285, in its current form a late Gothic cruciform basilica with built-in tower and modern extension on either side of the choir. The choir, from around 1400, was raised around 1930. The nave, with lower transept, belongs to the Maas Gothic style, around 1450, with cross-ribbed vaults on columns with capitals decorated with water lily leaves. Beautiful tower, restored in 1884 and 1905 (Jos. Th. Cuypers), with ample use of natural stone, diagonal buttresses with recessed fields, natural stone arch friezes in the wall surfaces of the sections of the tower massif, extended staircase tower; high spire, constricted from four to eight sides, crowned by a pear (built in 1714 after the fire of 1699). Inventory: bluestone baptismal font from around 1500; oak pulpit, 18th century, with later evangelist heads and a railing from around 1800; 15th century statues of Catherine and Barbara; statue of St. Anne from around 1750. Painting on panel from around 1700; miraculous multiplication of the loaves. Organ in neo-Gothic case, built by the Mechelen organ builder Loret in 1863. Restored in 1889, 1907 and 1937. Wooden oxal in neo-Gothic style with parapet, supported by corbels, which rest on coupled natural stone columns. In a neo-Gothic case an organ with Hoofdwerk and Onderpositief, built in 1863 by FB Loret. Restored in 1889, 1907 and 1987.

The current St. Petrus' Bandenkerk was completed in 1897, and replaced a church from the thirteenth century. The church is considered a very important work in the late oeuvre of Dr. Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921). This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Replaced a 15th century church. Neo-Gothic church with tower. Destroyed by fire on 30 June 1961. Initially replaced by an emergency church. Secondly replaced by the current modern church. Some architectural details of the burnt down church can also be found in the (smaller) St. Clemenskerk in Nuenen, also by architect Weber. The church in Nuenen still exists and also has a beautiful large cemetery.

In the period from 1648 until the French period, the Hofkerk was used by the Protestants. A period of decline for the building. The Romanesque tower and part of the church (two bays of the nave) collapsed in 1650. The tower was not rebuilt and the church was shortened by a few meters. The bell house was built in 1669 to replace the tower, in which a monumental bell from 1367 is hung. In 1798, the church was put back into use by the Catholics. Major restoration in 1888-1893 in neo-Gothic style by C. Franssen. The two bays that were lost in 1650 were rebuilt, and a new west facade was built. In almost two centuries of construction and restoration, the church grew into a beautifully decorated church.

In the 13th century, the parish of St. Peter was located in Oud-Diemen, north of the core of present-day Diemen. The church was located at the cemetery Gedenk te Sterven . After the Reformation, it was moved to Overdiemen. First in a barn, later in a clandestine church that was dedicated to St. Peter Banden (Banden=boeien).

Replaced a church from the nineteenth century. Three-aisled basilica church with pseudotransept (transept) in traditionalist forms, strongly influenced by Romanesque. The originally designed front tower was not built. Instead, a small bell pylon stands on the front facade. The wide central nave is based on the concept of the people's church from the early twentieth century.

The Grote Kerk is called in full St. Peter's Chair in Antioch and is dedicated to the apostle Peter. Around the year 1000, there was already a small hall church here. The current church was mainly built from the 14th to the middle of the 16th century in a regional Gothic style, the Maasland Gothic. The church served as both a chapter church and a parish church.

Modern church with tower.