Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
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St. John the Baptist Church is an art-deco church built in 1931. It replaces a 19th century building, which had become dilapidated and had replaced the old medieval church of the 10th century. The medieval church of St. John the Baptist was destroyed in 1578 when the Calvinists took control of Brussels. In 1834-1836, a new St. John the Baptist church was built according to the plans of the Brussels architect Louis Spaak. However, the new building soon became cramped. In the 1920s, the project for the new church was entrusted to the architect Joseph Diongre. The Church of St. John the Baptist is the first reinforced concrete church in Brussels.