Our Lady of the Pool Church

Our Lady of the Pool Church

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Our Lady of the Pool Church

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Location: Tienen, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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February 12, 2022

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This church is considered to be the cradle of Brabant High Gothic. The choir dates from 1358-1359. The floor plan and the portals, which were restored in 1913, are by …

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September 6, 2024

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Impressive, unfinished Gothic building of sandstone that demarcates one of the sides of the Grote Markt.

The ground plan of the finished parts consists of a three-bay deep choir, flanked by extensions and ending in a seven-sided apse, a spacious transept crowned by a high tower and preceded by portals in the west. Choir built between 1358 and 1357 under the direction of the French architect Jean d'Oisy, who seems to have designed the plan in its entirety.

Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Parish Church of Our Lady of the Poel, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42839

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September 6, 2024

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Be sure to also check out the display cases with various objects and heritage pieces such as religious silver objects and statues with various representations of OLV and more. In the field of painting we note among others "The Holy Family" by Pieter Jozef Verhaghen, a painter born in Aarschot who worked in the style of Rubens and was able to travel to Italy at the expense of Maria Theresia of Austria to study the old masters.

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