It is my turn at Vision & Verb today. I share a brief overview of my recent holiday in Mechelen. If you have been following my journey you will probably know most of it already
But non the less I invite you to join me there…
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A Weekend Away in Mechelen
4 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2014
Building work by the Keldermans family of architects on this imposing Mechelen monument began in 1452. Times and circumstances changed and as a result the tower was never completed. But this did not prevent the 97-metre tower becoming the symbol of Mechelen and a UNESCO world heritage site. The city’s most important documents used to [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2014
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St Rumbold’s Cathedral – Noah
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2014
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St Rumbold’s Cathedral – Christ at the Cross
This painting depicting Christ on the cross was painted by Anthony Van Dyck in 1630. It decorated the main altar of the former Friar Minors’ church before the French revolution.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2014
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St Rumbold’s Cathedral – Saint Rumbold
Saint Rumbold (alternatively: Rumold, Romuold, Rumoldus (Latin), Rombout (Dutch), Rombaut (French)) was an Irish or Scottish Christian missionary, although his true nationality is not known for certain.[1][2][3] He was martyred near Mechelen by two men, whom he had denounced for their evil ways.[4]
Saint Rumbold’s feast day is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, and Western Rite Orthodox Churches, on June 24;[4][5] and it is celebrated [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 25th 2014
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St Rumbold’s Cathedral – The Pulpit
The monumental pulpit, sculpted in 1721-1723 by Michiel Vervoort (1667-17-37) from Antwerp. It was first placed in the conventional church of the Nobertine nuns of Leliendael (Bruul, actual Jesuit church), there it stood at full width against a plain wall. After the French revelution it was transferred to the cathedral in 1809 and Jan Frans [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2014
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St Rumbold’s Cathedral – High Altar
The main altar of white marble and black tough-stone is a present of arch-bishop Andreas Cruesen (1657-1666) whose white armorial bearings draw attention on the black bases of the columns. The sculptor-architect Lucas Fayd’herbe (1617-1697), built the porch-altar according to a design of willem Hees or Hesius (1601-1690). The still simple and equilibrated [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2014
