Antwerp’s Sint-Andries parish was founded in 1523, after its friars were tried for heresy. Its church has a pulpit of fishermen in a boat, a memorial to Mary Stuart’s ladies-in-waiting and a Virgin dressed by Ann Demeulemeester.
Category: ⛪️ Churches
Immerse yourself in the stunning architecture and rich history of Antwerp’s churches and cathedrals.
Antwerp’s beguinage, behind the wall on Rodestraat
Beguines have lived on a triangle of land off Rodestraat since 1545. The last of them died in 1986; the forty houses are still lived in.
Antwerp’s Cathedral of Our Lady took 169 years to build
Building started in 1352 and stopped, one tower short, in 1521. Inside are four works by Rubens, though one of them is away being restored for at least two years.