The Holy Cross Church () is a church in the Belgian sub-municipality of

Heusden Heusden () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands. It is located between the towns of Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch. The municipality of Heusden, including Herpt, Heesbeen, Hedikhuizen, Do ...

. The church was built in 1844 on the site of an older church. It is dedicated to the

Exaltation of the Holy Cross The Feast of the Holy Cross, or Feast of the Cross, commemorates the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different celebrations which honor and celebrate the cross used in the crucifi ...

. The organ of the church was protected as a monument in 1980. It has a 1873 case designed by Auguste Van Assche. The church is an example of early

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

, built on the site of a church, probably from the 17th century. Two paintings by Antoon van den Heuvel (''

Adoration of the Magi The Adoration of the Magi or Adoration of the Kings or Visitation of the Wise Men is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having fo ...

'' from 1652 in the left aisle and ''Christ Stripped of His Clothes'' from 1664 behind the main altar) come from the old church. Also from the old church are two portico altars in white and black marble. The Neo-Gothic furniture dates from the 19th century. The main altar in oak is by Jan Baptist Hauman from Ghent, with sculptures by Pieter De Vigne. Also from the 19th century is another painting, inspired by

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, by Domien Vanden Bossche from

Geraardsbergen Geraardsbergen (; ) is a city and municipality located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Geraardsbergen proper and the follo ...

. The Neo-Gothic stalls and panelling are also in oak. There is a Neo-Gothic polychrome stone epitaph of Robert Helias d'Huddeghem from 1865, with a sculpture of the Resurrection by Leonard Blanchaert after a design by Jean-Baptiste Bethune. File:Heusdenkerkinterieurwp 5-08-2008 14-29-08.JPG, Internal view of Holy Cross Church in Heusden File:Heusdenkerkinterieurwp 5-08-2008 14-33-32.JPG, Holy Cross Church, altar File:Heusdenkerkinterieurwp 5-08-2008 14-35-15.JPG, Portico altar from the old church with painting by Antoon van den Heuvel ''Adoration of the Magi'' from 1652 File:Heusdenkerkinterieurwp 5-08-2008 14-36-11.JPG, ''Christ Stripped of His Clothes'', 1664, from an unknown master in the right aisle

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