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Flemish Brabant

Halle-Vilvoorde

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church (Peizegem)

Flemish Brabant

Halle-Vilvoorde

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church (Peizegem)

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Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church (Peizegem)

Hiking

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Cycling

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(6)

Mountain biking

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Location: Merchtem, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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Dominiek Van Dooren

June 25, 2024

Cycling

When the parish "Merchtem-ten-Bosch" – the current Peizegem – was founded around 1871, a hall was built as a temporary chapel. This was located southeast of the current church and …

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Dominiek Van Dooren

December 6, 2025

Hiking

Neo-Gothic parish church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, with its surrounding former cemetery, is located west of the square-shaped widening of the Nieuwbaan and northwest of the schools and rectory, which were also built following the establishment of the new parish of Tenbosch in the 1870s. The church, registered in the land registry in 1880 and commissioned by the churchwardenship, was designed by provincial architect Gustave Hansotte. At the rear of the cleared cemetery, a Marian grotto from the late 19th century has been preserved, as has a recent war memorial.
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June 26, 2024

Cycling

Like many other churches in Belgium, this one in Peizegem is dedicated to the Mother of God, Mary, and thus has "Onze-Lieve-Vrouw" in her name. Sometimes this general patronage is …

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Our Lady Chapel – Grotto of Our Lady loop from Merchtem

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Starting point Pakespad – Sculpture at Merchtem Church loop from Buggenhoutbos

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Information board Buggenhoutbos – Midden Buggenhoutbos Car Park loop from Buggenhout

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Elevation 70 m

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Location: Merchtem, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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