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church was built at the same location where the present-day building is located. The women engaged in weaving wool, and from the 16th century onward, in making lace. From the start, the
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Baroque style of the 17th century. Its facade is considered to be one of the most beautiful in Belgium. The church was restored after a fire ravaged the roof in November 2000.
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were lay women who lived a communal life but were not bound by perpetual vows. Three court beguinages existed in Brussels but the first and largest court beguinage was the
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in 1584 during the Calvinist Republic of Brussels, which lasted from 1577 to 1585. The beguines decided to rebuild their church in
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Des villes en révolte : les "Républiques urbaines" aux Pays-Bas et en France pendant la deuxième moitié du XVIe siècle
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L'incendie de l'église Saint Jean-Baptiste du Béguinage de Bruxelles du 25 novembre 2000 - Intervention et Bilan
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Cammaert, Olivier (2010). "L'iconoclasme sous la République calviniste à Bruxelles". In Weis, Monique (ed.).
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Because their community had grown to 1200 beguines at the end of the 13th century, a larger
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style and its construction started in 1657. Attributed to the Flemish architect
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The church and the surrounding streets where prominently featured in the 2018
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L'Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste au Béguinage à Bruxelles et son mobilier
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building with three naves and a transept that was destroyed by
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on 5 March 1936. In 1998, the tragic expulsion of the Nigerian
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church was built at the end of 13th century, as part of the
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style of the 17th century. The complex was designated a
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50°51′9.73″N 4°21′1.68″E / 50.8527028°N 4.3504667°E / 50.8527028; 4.3504667
City of Brussels
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Parish church
Dedication
Saint John the Baptist
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Lucas Faydherbe
Church
Style
Brabantine
Baroque
Groundbreaking
Nave
spires
Archdiocese

Mechelen–Brussels
Archbishop
Luc Terlinden
Primate
French
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Roman Catholic
parish church

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