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i Chapelle de la
Madeleine
Rue de la Madeleine, 1000 BRU.
Map 2 D3. Tel (02) 410 2957. @ 29,
38, 63, 66, 71. q Gare Centrale.
5 9am– 8pm Mon–Fri, 9:30am–8pm
Sat, 9:30–11:30am & 2–8pm Sun. 7
This church once stood on the
site now occupied by the Gare
Centrale, but it was moved,
stone by stone, further down
the hill to make way for the
construction of the Art Deco-
style station in the early 1950s. A view of the Chapelle de la Madeleine with restored brickwork
The 17th-century façade
of the church has been decor, with simple stone pillars people as a quiet place for
restored. The original 15th- and mod ern stained-glass worship. The Baroque chapel
century interior has been windows. Off the regular tourist which was once attached has
replaced by a plain, modest track, the chapel is used by now gone.

The transept Sainte Gudule
windows repre- This 7th-century saint is very VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
sent the rulers dear to the people of
of Belgium in Brussels. Her relics were Practical Information
1537–8. Jan scattered to the winds by Parvis Ste-Gudule, 1000 BRU.
Haeck made ransacking Protestants in Map 2 E2. Tel (02) 217 8345.
the designs 1579, but this only served Open 7am–6pm Mon–Fri, 8am–
after Bernard to reinforce her cult. 3:30pm Sat, 2–6pm Sun. &
van Orley’s to crypt. 8 5 7 on request.
∑ cathedralisbruxellensis.be
sketches. The Lectern
Transport
@ 29, 38, 63, 65, 66, 71. v 92,
93. q Gare Centrale, Parc
The Statue of
St Michael is the
cathedral’s symbol of its
links with the city. While
the gilded plaster statue
is not itself historically
exceptional, its long
heritage is; the patron
saint of Brussels, the
Archangel St Michael
is shown killing the
dragon, symbolic of his
protection of the city.

Sainte Gudule
. Baroque Pulpit
The flamboyantly carved pulpit in the central
aisle is the work of an Antwerp-born sculptor,
Henri-François Verbruggen. Designed in
1699, it was finally installed in 1776.

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