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
The Surrender of Breda the Eighty Years' War. The Spanish general, Genoese aristocrat Ambrogio Spinola, conquered Breda against the instructions of his superiors. Before its capture, the Spanish government had decided that siege warfare against heavily defended towns of the Low Countries was too wasteful and that they would concentrate instead on an economic blockade of the Dutch Republic. The bulk of Spanish forces were diverted to the unfolding Thirty Years War. Breda, a city near the frontier of Holland proper had been occupied in 1567 by the Duke of Alba, ten years afterwards recovered by Holach, and again seized by Haultepenne. The town