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SINT PIETERSKERK

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2024
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2024

St. Peter's Church in the center of the Grand Place, with Brabantine Gothic art, with flamboyant ribs

At the center of the Grand-Place, St. Peter's Church is a masterpiece of Brabant Gothic art. Built between the 15th and 16th centuries, it should have been dominated by three high spires, but the instability of the subsoil prevented this from happening. From inside the building, it can be seen that the towers were never completed. Beneath the flamboyant ribs, a huge 15th-century Brussels crucifix dominates the Gothic rood screen. Note the tombs of the Dukes of Brabant in the ambulatory and the two triptychs by the great 15th-century Flemish primitive painter Dirk (Thierry) Bouts: The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus and The Last Supper.

The church has been a listed historic monument since 1937, and its belfry has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, as part of the "Belfries of Belgium and France" group.

The new layout, designed in 2020 following restoration work on the building, and the visitor experiences on offer are resolutely modern and digital. For example, visitors can be guided around the building using a tablet or HoloLens. This mixed-reality headset, which includes a mini-computer, headphones and cameras, projects holograms and 3D images to bring particular areas of the church or works of art to life. For those who don't feel up to the digital experience, a brochure and family itineraries, suitable for young children, are available to help you discover the history of the site and its treasures.

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flos06
Visited in february 2022
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Une magnifique église gothique
Cet édifice est une magnifique église gothique qui mérite vraiment un détour comme tant d'autres bâtiments de la grand place. Cela mérite le détour.
seccotine
Visited in november 2018
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REMARQUABLE
Vaut surtout pour son contenu remarquable : des diptyques et triptyques sublimes anonymes ou issus des ateliers de Jan Rombouts et de Rogier van den Weyden et une "Chute des anges rebelles" hallucinante, peinte par un anonyme flamand de la première moitié du XVIe siècle (photo 1). A voir aussi, l'incroyable chaire monumentale en chêne brute ( photo 2)

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