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Saint John the Baptist Church, Great Beguinage
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Viviane
October 10, 2022
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Just outside the city walls, in the Great Beguinage, a chapel in Romanesque style was built in 1305.
This typical church in local Leuven peasant Gothic is notable for its simple basilical floor plan without a transept and with a flat choir end.
The church still shows some Romanesque features such as the heavy buttresses, small upper windows and a stair turret.
This typical church in local Leuven peasant Gothic is notable for its simple basilical floor plan without a transept and with a flat choir end.
The church still shows some Romanesque features such as the heavy buttresses, small upper windows and a stair turret.
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August 24, 2024
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Despite its so-called austerity, the Gothic St. John the Baptist Church from 1232 is a gem for me for personal and historical reasons. But there is also a lot to …
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April 4, 2025
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Despite its so-called austerity, the Gothic St. John the Baptist Church from 1232 is a gem for me for personal and historical reasons. But there is also a lot to …
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