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The Church of Our Lady of Laeken (French: Église Notre-Dame de Laeken; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk van Laken) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Brussels district of Laeken, Belgium. Built in neo-Gothic style, it was originally erected in memoriam of Queen Louise-Marie , wife of King Leopold I , to the design of the architect ...
Church of Our Lady Main article: Church of Our Lady of Laeken A little south of the Royal Palace, one can find the neo-Gothic Church of Our Lady , initially built as a mausoleum for Queen Louise-Marie , wife of Leopold I, whose children included King Leopold II and Empress Carlota of Mexico .
Just two paces from the royal palace of Laeken, the church, which is on a small remodelled square, is a Neo-Gothic building which is worth a visit, above all, for its close association with the royal family. It was built on the instigation of Leopold I, following the death of Queen Marie-Louise in 1850, after plans by the architect Poelaert.
The Royal Crypt (French: Crypte royale, Dutch: Koninklijke Crypte) lies underneath the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium. It is the official burial place of the Belgian royal family, including all the Kings of the Belgians and their wives.
The Church of Our Lady of Laeken is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Brussels district of Laeken, Belgium. Built in neo-Gothic style, it was originally erected in memoriam of Queen Louise-Marie, wife of King Leopold I, to the design of the architect Joseph Poelaert.
Built by Leopold I, the first king of the then 20-year-old kingdom Belgium, as a mausoleum for his wife Louise of Orléans, the church today holds the tombs of all former Belgian kings and queens.
Centered around the magestic Church of Our Lady of Laeken, burial place of the kings and queens of Belgium, the Parvis Notre Dame de Laeken has some of Brussels’ most remarkable monuments in its neighbourhood: the cemetery of Laeken, nicknamed the “Père Lachaise of Brussels” for the amount of important historical figures buried there.
