St Rumbold’s Cathedral was built in the thirteenth century. From the outset it was larger and more impressive than all the other parish churches and later on it became ‘the church of the archbishops’. Originally there was a triple-nave cruciform church on the site of the vast cathedral. Only after a series of building campaigns [...]
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St Rumbold’s Cathedral
9 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2014
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Happy Easter
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2014
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Inner Courtyard…
…of the Town Hall complex.
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2014
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The Palace of the Great Council
16 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2014
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Mechelen Town Hall
The present day Town Hall in Mechelan is situated on the Grote Markt:
It consists of two parts: the cloth hall with unfinished belfry and the Palace of the Great Council. Why wasn’t the belfry ever finished? The cloth trade went into decline in the fourteenth century and there wasn’t the money to complete the building. [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2014
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Opsinjoorke
As well as the Moon Extinguishers (see previous post) the flags flying over the centre of Mechelen also show Opsinjoorke in flight:
The bronze statue in front of the Town Hall shows Opsinjoorke in full flight. The original doll was made in 1647. It is carried in ceremonial and religious processions and thrown into the air [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2014
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Moon Extinguishers
The people of Mechelen are sometime nicknamed Maneblussers (Moon Extinguishers):
On the night of January 27th/28th 1687 St Rumbold’s Tower was shrouded in mist. A none too sober tippler emerged from an inn on the Grote Markt. He suddenly saw that the tower was on fire and immediately raised the alarm.
The whole city was thrown into confusion, the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2014
