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Fact is that it took more than 50 years from the first stone laid by Leopold I in 1854 to the completion of the church in 1909. 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.
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.
The church of Our Lady of Laeken, completed in the early 1900s, is in a lovely Neo-Gothic style. It’s not as centrally located in Brussels as other impressive churches such as the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula, and the church of Notre Dame du Sablon, but if you can make it out to Laeken, don’t miss paying a visit to this church and the adjoining cemetery.
The adjacent Church of Our Lady of Laeken is the site of the Royal Crypt of Belgium, consecrated in 1872. Notable interments. Personalities buried there include: Alphonse Balat (1818–1895), architect; Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870), violinist and composer; Jacques Coghen (1791–1858), Finance Minister and ancestor of King Philippe
6 de sept. de 2021 · All the monarchs, all their consorts, and some other members of the Belgian royal family have been buried at the neo-gothic Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Brussels, Belgium, the burial church of the Belgian royal family, built in memory of Queen Louise-Marie, the second wife of Belgium’s first king Leopold I. The Belgian ...
The great organ of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken was built between 1872 and 1874 by Pierre Schyven and inaugurated in the presence of King Leopold II by Alexandre Guilmant and Auguste Mailly. Dismantled in 1908 by the Laeken organ builder Salomon Van Bever, it was rebuilt in 1911 with the addition of a Positif.
The Church of Our Lady of Laeken (French: Église Notre-Dame de Laeken; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk van Laken) is a neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in the Brussels district of Laeken, Belgium. It was originally built in memory of Queen Louise-Marie, wife of King Leopold I, to the design of the architect Joseph Poelaert.
