Bona Ventura

Saint-Gery · Brussels

Church of Our Lady of Good Help

Église Notre-Dame de Bon Secours / Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Goede Bijstandkerk

Place of worship

A Baroque church built 1664-1694 by the cabinetmaker-architect Jean Cortvriendt to house a statue of the Virgin found in 1625 and believed to work miracles. It was badly damaged in the French bombardment of 1695.

Address
Rue du Marché au Charbon / Rue du Jardin des Olives, 1000 Brussels
Hours
not verified
Price
Free entry (church)
Price level
€

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Good to know

  • Look up: instead of a Latin cross the church is built on a circle, after Italian models, with a hexagonal choir
  • A chapel on this spot already welcomed pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela in the 13th century

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