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Landlopers Chapel Merksplas-Kolonie
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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷
September 8, 2021
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The monumental space of the former prison chapel of Merksplas colony has been used as an event location for a number of years.
The Chapel of Merksplas Colony is a combination of neo-romanticism with half-timbering
steel arched trusses resting on cast iron columns adjacent to the outer wall. This creates a 600 m2 hall church in which no pillars or side aisles are visible.
Recently, the restoration of the Landloper Chapel in Merksplas-Colonie was completed.
The Chapel of Merksplas Colony is a combination of neo-romanticism with half-timbering
steel arched trusses resting on cast iron columns adjacent to the outer wall. This creates a 600 m2 hall church in which no pillars or side aisles are visible.
Recently, the restoration of the Landloper Chapel in Merksplas-Colonie was completed.
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•🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
December 26, 2020
Hiking
The Vagrant Chapel or Our Lady of Ascension of Merksplas - Colony from 1899 is a landmark in the Colony and also a starting point for many walks.
The chapel itself has a complete basement, and at the time was the storage place for winter vegetables. The chapel was desecrated in 1985. The chapel has a unique incidence of light due to the skylight that runs over the entire length in the ridge.
In normal circumstances, the tramp chapel can be visited.
The chapel itself has a complete basement, and at the time was the storage place for winter vegetables. The chapel was desecrated in 1985. The chapel has a unique incidence of light due to the skylight that runs over the entire length in the ridge.
In normal circumstances, the tramp chapel can be visited.
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•John
February 26, 2022
Cycling
This monumental chapel was designed by Victor Besme. The architecture of the chapel matches that of the other main buildings of Merksplas-Colonie. Now events and parties are organized. In the basement there is an exhibition about the prison system.
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