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St Charles Borromeo Church
A splendid Jesuit church with a Baroque facade on a quiet square in the old town.
- Editor's score
- 4.3
- Visit
- 30 min
- Price
- Free
About
Built by the Jesuits in the early seventeenth century, the church was an early showpiece of Baroque architecture in the region, and Rubens contributed designs for its decoration. A fire in 1718 destroyed his ceiling paintings, but the rich facade, marble chapels and the Lady Chapel still show the ambition of the Counter-Reformation.
Best time to go: Visit when you are in the Hendrik Conscienceplein, one of the loveliest squares in the city.
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