Although it is the national church of Belgium. Cathedrale Sts-Michel-et-Gudule was granted cathedral status only in 1962. It was built with a sandy limestone brought from the local quarries and is one of the finest surviving examples of Brabant Gothic Gothic architecture
There has been a church on the site of the cathedral since at least [...]
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12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2015
Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee – which you hold most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering.
Bhagavatam
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2015
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Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 1st 2015
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Place Royale
The Place Royal stands on the old square of a magnificent palace of the Dukes of Brabant begun in the 13th century. Embellished in 1452 by Philippe le Bon, altered and fitted out by Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabelle, it was ruined by a fire in 1731, then rebuilt. 40 years later as a rectangular [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2015
The wine of life is oozing drop by drop,
The leaves of life are falling one by one.
Omar Khayyam
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the week
You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars; and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than so, because men are in it who are every one sole heirs as well [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2015
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St-Pieterskerk
The building of St-Pieterskerk (St Peter’s Church) commenced in the 1420s and continued for 200 years.
The nave and aisles were completed first, but when the twin towers of the western facade were finally added in 1507, the foundations proved inadequate and it soon began to sink. With money in short supply, it was decided to [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2015
