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Antwerp Cathedral: Side view and spires viewed from the Groenplaats

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The largest church in Benelux and an important example of Brabantine Gothic architecture. Antwerp Cathedral also shelters four magnificent Rubens altarpieces. It has a three-bay choir with an ambulatory and five radiating chapels, a narrow transept of shallow projection and a nave with double aisles and side chapels, which is seven bays long including the fa\u00E7ade block. There are a central lantern tower and two west towers. The church's one finished (north)spire is 123 metres (404 ft) high, the highest church tower in the Benelux.

History

Alt Title

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium: Handschoenmarkt (off the Grote Markt)|+51.220556+4.400556|Antwerp

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Gothic (Medieval)

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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