posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The church's one finished spire is 123 metres (404 ft) high, the highest church tower in the Benelux. Located in Handschoenmarkt (off the Grote Markt).\u000a\u000aThe 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.