Excerpt from nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Jacobskerk_(Gent):
The Sint-Jacobskerk is a church in the Belgian city of Ghent. The church is dedicated to the apostle James the Greater. History A first wooden church was built on this site in 1093, dedicated to Saint James. Most likely its construction had to do with the arrival of pilgrims during their journey to Santiago de Compostella. It was the oldest church in the Seventeen Provinces dedicated to him. The building was destroyed by Robert Curthose's troops. It was replaced by a building made of wood and stone.
A new Romanesque church was built, the core of which dates from the period after 1120. It is the oldest Romanesque church in Belgium with a double western tower, although an unfinished two-tower facade at Tournai Cathedral had already been started earlier. The pillars of the transept also remain from the Romanesque period.
The octagonal crossing tower and the renovation of the choir took place around the middle of the 13th century, in the style of the Scheldt Gothic. A fire around 1400 destroyed the southern of the two west towers. Although it was rebuilt with a stone spire, its appearance has no longer been symmetrical since then.
In the 15th century, the church was expanded with side chapels for the guilds. At the end of the 15th century, the renovated tower was given a Gothic spire in Balegem stone.
The interior suffered greatly from the well-known religious troubles in the 16th century. The church was extensively rebuilt and restored twice, between 1733 and 1784 and again between 1866 and 1906.
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Nave
The cathedral's nave possesses all the characteristics of Brabantine Gothic; the four-part vaults are moderately high and the robust cylindrical columns that line the nave's central aisle are topped with capitals in the shape of cabbage leaves. Statues of the twelve apostles are attached to the columns. These statues date from the 17th century and were created by Lucas Faydherbe, Jerôme Duquesnoy the Younger, Johannes van Mildert and Tobias de Lelis, all renowned sculptors of their time. The statues replaced those destroyed by iconoclasts in 1566. The nave also contains a Baroque pulpit from the 17th century, made by the Antwerp sculptor Hendrik Frans Verbruggen in 1699. The base represents Adam and Eve expelled from the Garden of Eden after plucking the forbidden fruit. At the top, the Virgin and Child piercing the serpent symbolise redemption.
To the right of the portal of the northern transept is an elegant 17th-century sculpture depicting The education of the Holy Virgin by Saint Anna by Jerôme Duquesnoy the Younger after a painting by Rubens. The side aisles contain 17th-century oak confessionals formerly attributed to the sculptor Jan van Delen. The cathedral also contains the unmarked burial place of Dermot O'Mallun, the last Irish-born chief of the name of the O'Moloney sept of Thomond.
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Excerpt from the plaque:
Our Lady of Antwerp
The Lady Chapel houses the statue of Our Lady of Antwerp. The statue was probably kept in this church even before the iconoclasm of 1566. Mother and Child radiate graciousness and regal dignity. The statue is now displayed above the globe beneath which there is a crescent moon and which is surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists.
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The Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon (French: Église Notre-Dame des Victoires au Sablon, Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Zege op de Zavelkerk), or the Church of Our Lady of the Sablon (French: Église Notre-Dame du Sablon, Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Zavelkerk), is a Roman Catholic church located in the Sablon/Zavel district, in the historic centre of Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Sablon.
Built in the 15th century, the church was patronised by the nobility and wealthy citizens of Brussels, and is characterised by its late Brabantine Gothic exterior and rich interior decoration including two Baroque chapels. Its neo-Gothic decorative elements date from the 19th century. The complex was designated a historic monument in 1936.
The church is located along the Rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat, halfway between the Place Royale/Koningsplein and the Palace of Justice, not far for the Royal Museums of Fine Arts and across the street from the Square du Petit Sablon/Kleine Zavelsquare.
Most of the church is in the Brabantine Gothic style, although some parts are in the newer Baroque style. It is traditionally listed, alongside the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula and the Chapel Church, as one of the three Gothic churches still standing in central Brussels.
The church is built of stone from the Gobertange quarry, which is located in present-day Walloon Brabant, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south-east of the church's site.
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The side facades are pierced with large ogival bays and are supported by stepped buttresses, without saddle cushioning, unlike the western façade. These facades are hidden by small houses leaning against the church, including the house “de Goude Huyve” in baroque style. The arms of the transept do not extend beyond the plane of the side facades: only the northern arm (rue de Tabora) has a triangular gable.
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