Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk is a parish church and former Jesuit church in Baroque style.
The grand master 'Pieter Paul Rubens' made an important contribution to the decoration of the church, both …

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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷

August 28, 2022

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The Rubens Church par excellence. The painter played an important part in the decoration of the facade and the crowning of the tower. The Jesuits built this typical Baroque church between 1615 and 1621. The apse of the main altar, the Lady Chapel and the many sculptures and carvings are still witnesses of the splendor of the past. Eye-catcher is the original, still functioning mechanism above the main altar through which the paintings can be exchanged, an impressive spectacle!

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Katrien

July 21, 2021

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'Heaven on earth', 'the eighth wonder of the world'... in the 17th century, words were too short for this church that seems to stand on an Italian piazza. It was …

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