Église Notre-Dame du Sablon: East side facing gardens

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

In the 15th century, new churches were founded including Notre-Dame des Victoires (or Notre-Dame du Sablon; choir begun 1436). Built in the 15th and 16th centuries, Notre Dame du Sablon is noted for its four-fold gallery with brightly colored stained-glass windows; the windows of the choir are 14 m tall. Sablon (or Zavel in Dutch) is the name of a district of the city. There are Baroque chapels for the Princes of Thurn and Tassis (1651-1676) executed in black marble by Luke Faid'herbe Malinois. (Lucas Faydherbe of Mechelen).

History

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

+50.840278+4.356111|Brussels|Brussels, Bruxelles, Belgium

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Fifteenth century', 'Late Gothic']

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

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Architecture Churches Gardens

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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