St. Charles Borromeo Church
St. Charles Borromeus Church is an old Jesuit church built between 1615 and 1621 in a Baroque style. Typical product of the Counter-Reformation, the building has been used as a parish church since 1803.
St. Charles Borromeus Church is an old Jesuit church built between 1615 and 1621 in a Baroque style. Typical product of the Counter-Reformation, the building has been used as a parish church since 1803.
The Cathedral of Our Lady, built in 1352, is a cathedral in Antwerp. it was a cathedral between 1559 and 1803 (suppression of the diocese of Antwerp by Napoleon) and from 1961 to the present. The tower of the Cathedral of Our Lady is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of a group of 56 belfries in Belgium and France.
The Saint-Jacques church was built between 1491 and 1656, in the style of Brabant Gothic with a strong influence and Renaissance decorations. It was planned that this building would become the largest Gothic church in the world, however, the church was only partially completed. As a result of the 1944 bombing, the church lost most of its original stained glass windows.
The earliest mentions of a Saint George chapel, date from 1201. But the chapel wasn’t consecrated before 1304. Destroyed by the French at the end of the 18th century, the church was rebuilt in its neo-Gothic style in 1853.