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The Munsterkerk (Minster) is the most important example of late-
Romanesque architecture in the Netherlands, and the last big
Romanesque church that was ever built in this country. It’s the
sole surviving part of the Cistercian convent that was founded
in 1218. Roermond at that time the primary town of Opper-Gelre,
and count Gerard of Gelre thought that such an institution could
be a major impulse in its further development. The tomb of the
count and his wife can be seen inside the church. In 1798 the
French occupiers closed the convent and, after having being used
as a barracks, all the buildings except for the church were
demolished in 1924. The church itself was altered several times,
and owes much of its current looks to several extensive
restorations annex reconstructions that lasted from 1863 until
1890, and were executed by architect P.J.H. Cuypers. This
architect had already restored the inside of the choir of this
church in 1850, with the h