Imagination Club

The cultural organization Laeken découverte is offering a tour, in English, of the famous cemetery of Laeken with its wealth of sculptural creations and the two churches. Indeed this graveyard is often compared with the Père Lachaise in Paris.

Apart from being the last burial ground in Brussels to be situated around a church, and being tied physically and historically to the Belgian royal family, the cemetery of Laeken has the following features to offer :

the underground passageways, the church built in 1275 and an abundance of sculptural art : an authentic ‘Thinker’ by Rodin and numerous creations of the Salu ‘dynasty’ of sculptors (Ernest I, II and III whose old workshop is still to be seen near the main entrance); the tombs of great figures from the worlds of art, architecture, politics and industry, plus, since 1850, the tombs of the kings and other members of the royal family.

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Details

Date:

Sunday, 6 July 2008
Time:14.00

Place:

Parvis Notre Dame
O.L. Vrouwplein, 1020 Bruxelles/Brussel

Meet at the entance to the cemetery (beside the big church Our Lady of Laeken near the cafés and flower shop)

tram 94 (stop 'Princesse Clémentine')
there is also parking space there on thatside of the church, address

Cost:

No cost, but donations to Laeken découverte are welcome
(but entirely optional!)

Coming

Maybe Coming

Jeffrey Baumgartner

Michael O'Shea

Christine Horyslawsky

Thorsten Brunzema

Anne Braseby

Mandy Christison

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A guided walk of the historic churchyard area of the cemetery of Laeken and its two churches

A guided walk of the historic churchyard area
of the cemetery of Laeken and its two churches