Museum Catharijneconvent
The Museum Catharijneconvent is a museum of religious art in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is located in the former St. Catharine convent, having been sited there since 1979.Photo: Luctor IV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum for religious art in Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Catharijneconvent”, “Rijksmuseum Het Catharijne Convent”, “Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent”, and “St. Catherine’s Convent Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Catherine’s Cathedral and St. Martin’s Cathedral, Utrecht.
St Catherine’s Cathedral
Cathedral
Photo: HenkvD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Catherine's Cathedral, often referred to as Catharijnekerk, is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria situated in Utrecht in the Netherlands.
St. Martin’s Cathedral, Utrecht
Church
Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.
St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, or Dom Church, is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages. St. Martin’s Cathedral, Utrecht is situated 420 metres north of Museum Catharijneconvent.
Dom Tower of Utrecht
Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.
The Dom Tower of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.32 metres in height. It is considered the symbol of Utrecht. The tower was part of St. Martin's Cathedral, also known as the Dom Church, and was built between 1321 and 1382, to a design by John of Hainaut. Dom Tower of Utrecht is situated 420 metres northwest of Museum Catharijneconvent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abstede and Dichterswijk.
Museum Catharijneconvent
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Museum Catharijneconvent” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف كاثرين كونفينت”
- Chinese: “加大肋納會院博物館”
- Chinese: “加大肋纳会院博物馆”
- Chinese: “卡塔賴訥會院博物館”
- Chinese: “卡塔赖讷会院博物馆”
- Dutch: “Catharijneconvent”
- Dutch: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo Katerinkonvento”
- Estonian: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- French: “musée du couvent Sainte-Catherine”
- French: “Musée du couvent Sainte-Catherine”
- French: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Galician: “Museo do Convento de Santa Catarina”
- German: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- German: “Staatliches Museum Katharinenkonvent”
- Italian: “Museo Catharijneconvent”
- Italian: “Museo del convento di Santa Caterina”
- Italian: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Japanese: “カタラインコンベント博物館”
- Japanese: “カタリナ・コベント博物館”
- Japanese: “カタリナ修道院博物館”
- Japanese: “聖カタリナ修道院博物館”
- Japanese: “聖カタリナ修道院美術館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Polish: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Portuguese: “Museu do Convento de Santa Catarina”
- Portuguese: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Slovenian: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
- Swedish: “Museum Catharijneconvent”
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