Saint Boniface church, Leeuwarden explained

Building Name:Saint Boniface
Religious Affiliation:Catholic
Location:Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Geo:53.1215°N 5.4809°W
Architecture Type:Church
Architecture Style:Gothic revival
Groundbreaking:1882

The Saint Boniface church (Western Frisian: Sint-Bonifatiustsjerke, Dutch; Flemish: Sint-Bonifatiuskerk) is a church in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

History

The Gothic revival church was designed by Pierre Cuypers and built between 1882 and 1884.In the Church dedicated to Saint Boniface is a pipe organ built by the French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The organ was originally built for the Saint Willibrord College in Katwijk

The church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden

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