The Chapel of Our Lady of the Visitation or Rooienkapel is a chapel in the town of Gierle, which belongs to the Antwerp municipality of Lille, located at the Rooienkapel.

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Viviane

June 30, 2025

It is a brick chapel on a rectangular plan with a three-sided choir. The saddle roof carries a roof turret.

The west facade is a pointed gable with wickerwork. A statue of Mary stands in a niche.

The interior contains a baroque altar, made by Wouter Neefs (end of the 17th century) with the altarpiece Mary visits Elisabeth by Theodoor Boeyermans from 1674. Some painted wooden angels are from the end of the 17th century.
The chapel is said to have been built at the end of the 16th century and was completely surrounded by a moat at that time. It may have belonged to a redoubt. In the 19th century, the chapel was enlarged to the west. The chapel was restored in 1986.

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Chris

June 8, 2023

beautiful chapel with even a small playground for the little ones

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