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Archive for May, 2014

Filed under Holidays, Mechelen 2014

One Last Walk Along the River Dijle…

…Before we move on from Mechelen

13 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2014

Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Mechelen 2014

Inside Church of Our Lady of Hanswijk

8 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2014

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Church of Our Lady of Hanswijk

The inside of this church is spectacular and we felt blessed that we were able to visit. The church closed for restoration at the beginning of April, just two weeks after our visit. It will be closed for four years!

This baroque pilgrimage church designed by Lucas Faydherbe was one of the first domed churches in [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2014

Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Mechelen 2014

Haverwerf

Originally oats were unloaded and traded here. Oats used to be synonymous with grain and Mechelen had the exclusive staple rights to grain. Boats carrying grain had to tie up in Mechelen and offer the whole cargo for sale for three whole days. Only what the merchants did not sell in Mechelen could be loaded [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2014

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The Beguinage Church

Jacques Francquart and Pieter Husseyns designed this imposing baroque church (1629 – 1647), which reflects the one-time wealth of the Large Beguinage. The paintings feature several female saints, evidence of the devotion of the beguines.*

*From the signboard in front of the church.

8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2014

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage

Shot at Dawn

When I set off to visit The National Memorial Arboretum this morning I didn’t realise that it was Memorial Day in the United States. It was only later when I got back home and read Ginnie’s post at Vision & Verb that I realised I had picked a perfect day to visit the Arboretum. The [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2014

Filed under Out & About, Science & Nature