St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Breda bell tower resembles a Greek temple. The church was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1853, in 1876 its official name became church of Saint Barbara, and in 1968 church of San Michael and finally from 1 January 2001, the church of St. Anthony, once again it has become the cathedral, at the request of bishop Muskens. St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Breda The St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral () or Cathedral of St. Anthony, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Breda, located in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. The church of Sint Antonius
Breda surrendered to the Spaniards, now led by Spinola; the event was immortalized by Diego Velázquez. In the Siege of Breda of 1637 the city was recaptured by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, after a four-month siege, and in 1648 it was finally ceded to the Dutch Republic by the Treaty of Westphalia. In 1646, Frederick Henry founded the Orange College of Breda, modelled on Saumur, Geneva, and Oxford, intending it to train young men of good family for the army and the civil service. The exiled Stuart Charles II of England resided in Breda during most of his exile during