Rolduc
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- History
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- Monastery garden, cemetery, and wooded surroundings
- References
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thumb|Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, [[Netherlands]] thumb|Rolduc thumb|Rolduc abbey church. Interior thumb|Rolduc. Moretti wing, 1753
Rolduc is a medieval abbey located on the edge of the town of Kerkrade in the far south-east of the Netherlands. It is today a Roman Catholic seminary with an affiliated conference center. The abbey is a rijksmonument (Dutch national heritage site). It features on the official list of 100 top Dutch heritage sites, drawn up in 1990 by what is today the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (National Cultural Heritage Service).
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Augustinian monasteries in the NetherlandsCatholic seminariesChristian monasteries in Limburg (Netherlands)Education in Limburg (Netherlands)Former Christian monasteries in the NetherlandsMonasteries dissolved during the French RevolutionMosan artRijksmonuments in KerkradeRomanesque architecture in the NetherlandsSeminaries and theological colleges in the Netherlands