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ERNIE99_UK
06-02-2010, 12:32 PM
As part of our visit to Belgium, Rebel and i visited some fantastic buildings.

One of them is St Michaels and St Gudula, The Cathedral of Brussels.

Some history off wiki:


The St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral is located at the Treurenberg hill in Brussels, Belgium. In French, it is called Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule and in Dutch Sint-Michiels- en Sint-Goedelekathedraal, usually shortened to "Sint-Goedele".

In 1047, Lambert II, Count of Leuven founded a chapter in this church and organized the transportation of the relics of Saint Gudula, housed before then in Saint Gaugericus Church on Saint-Géry Island. The patron saints of the church, archangel St. Michael and the martyr St. Gudula, are also the patron saints of the city of Brussels.

In the thirteenth century, the cathedral was renovated in the Gothic style. The choir was constructed between 1226 and 1276. The façade was completed in the mid-fifteenth century.

It is an archiepiscopal cathedral of the Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels, the Primate of Belgium, currently Archbishop André-Mutien Léonard. It is located in the national capital and therefore often used for Catholic ceremonies of national interest, such as royal marriages and state funerals.

The south tower contains a 49-bell carillon by the Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry on which Sunday concerts are often given.

A borrowed external (i forgot to take one)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Saints-Michel-et-Gudule_Luc_Viatour.jpg/387px-Saints-Michel-et-Gudule_Luc_Viatour.jpg

My internal shots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/stmichaelsBrussels-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/stmichaelsBrussels-1.jpg(notice the rebel in shot?:thumb)

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This place is stunningly huge, and is well worth a visit if your ever in Brussels. It is next to the National Bank Building.

Rebel
12-02-2010, 10:31 AM
A few from me. I wasn't going to bother posting up a few of my pics but people wanted to see them. It was a freezing place but quiet and peacefull, well apart from one begger asking for money :lol:




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