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Roman Catholic Church of St. Willibrord. Since the renovation and extension by architect C. Franssen in 1890-99, only some masonry remains of the 15th century church, namely the 3/8 closed choir, the transept and the substructure of the tower. Bell frame with two bells by W. Kaerwas, 1478, diam. 116 and 102 cm respectively. Mechanical tower clock, Van Dorst (Gilze), 1896, electrically wound.

The church replaced the previous church from 1903, which had become too small.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

A church was already mentioned in Berkel in 1214. It is known that the building was renovated in 1440. In 1983, large foundations of that church were exposed in, among other places, the garage of the rectory.

Built by Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921) while retaining the 15th century tower of the former church, in 1890 this architect clad it, raised it and provided it with a staircase tower. The church consists of a nave of five bays, covered by a pointed wooden barrel vault and a choir with 5/8 closure and brick cross-ribbed vaults. Tower 15th century.

Small neo-Gothic church with tower. On the left is an attached parsonage. It replaced an older church from 1857.

Monumental neo-Gothic church with tower. Replaced a dilapidated medieval church. The richly decorated interior was redecorated around 1960 and drastically simplified. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Johannes de Doper Parish in Arnhem had grown so much in size in the early 1940s that the Episcopate considered the time ripe to split the parish and build a new church. In 1943, on the initiative of Dean Voskuilen, a committee was set up to deal with the construction.

St. Willibrordus, 1866-1873, Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921) . Three-aisled neo-Gothic hall church without transept. Pointed gables on the side aisle bays. Tower with two niches in each facade, frontals and four-sided spire. Articulated brick pillars with moulded capitals, cross-ribbed vaults. Polychrome interior with painted brick; furnishings and glazing from the construction period, from the Cuypers & Stolzenberg studio in Roermond. The windows in the nave partly come from the St. Martinus church in Foxham-Martenshoek, which closed in 1990. Early work from Cuypers' second period, influenced by the Westphalian hall church Gothic. Mechanical tower clock.

The Roman Catholic Church, built on the western side of the Hoofdstraat in the centre of Liessel and dedicated to St. Willibrordus, was built between 1899 and 1901 and was designed by C. Franssen. It is a non-oriented Neo-Gothic cross basilica with an eastern tower. The church was consecrated on 30 April 1901. In 1944 the church was severely damaged by war. Shortly after the war, as a result of this damage, part of the masonry, vaults and roof, as well as the spire, were renewed under the architecture of SJP van der Sluijs (Eindhoven). The repairs were generally carried out in a neo-Gothic style.