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N. D. dela Chapelle. BRUSSELS. 10. Route. 133
contains paintings from the old church which stood on the same
spot. Its old tower, beside the electric-works, to the S. of the
present W. portal, is under restoration. The ivy-clad Tour Noire
(Pl. T. N.; G, 2), to the E. of the church, stood at the W. corner of
the earliest town-wall, which ran hence to the S. E. to the Porte de
Namur (p. 124). — To the N.W. of St. Catharine’s is the Fish Market
(Marché - aux - Poissons; Pl. 0, 2). The baskets of fish arriving fresh
from the sea are sold here by auction to retail-dealers (comp. p. 16).
The auctioneer uses a curious mixture of French and Flemish, the
tens being named in French, the intermediate numbers in Flemish.
In the new Grain Market (Nouveau Marché-aux-Grains; Pl. ©, 2, 3) is
a marble statue of the naturalist J. B. van Helmont (4577-1644), by G. van
der Linden (1839). — A few paces to the N.W., at the corner of the Rue
de la Cuiller (Lepelstraat) and the Rempart des Moines (Papenvest), is a
monument to the Liberal statesman P. van Humbeek (Pl. B, ©, 2), erected
in 1902.
The secularized Eglise du Béguinage (Pl. ©, 2), an imposing
baroque edifice of 1657-76, has an imposing facade and a pentagonal
tower behind the choir-apse. In the spacious interior are a colossal
statue of John the Baptist by P. Puyenbroeck and paintings by Otho
Vaenius, De Crayer, and others.
ways: Chemins de Fer Economiques from the Exchange to the
phanie; Tramways Bruxellois, Nos. 20, 24, and 22 (comp. p. 93).
The Ruz pz v Emperegur (Keyzer-Straat), which diverges to the
S.W. between the Rue de la Madeleine and the Montagne de la Cour
(p. 127), leads to the Place de la Justice (Pl. D, 4), with C. van der
Stappen’s marble statue of Alex. Gendebien (1789-1869). Thence
the Rue Lebeau leads to the Phack Du GRAND-SABLON ( Groote Zavel-
Plaats; Pl. D, 4, 5), lying to the W. of and below the Petit Sablon
(p. 103). In the centre of the Place du Grand-Sablon is an insigni-
ficant fountain-monument erected in 1751 from a bequest made by
the Earl of Aylesbury, in recognition of the hospitality accorded to
him in his banishment. — The new Rue Joseph-Stevens leads
hence past the Maison du Peuple, a Socialistic institution, containing
shops, a library, and a large hall, and ends at the Place DE LA
CHAPELLE, in which, on the right, rises the Gothic church of —
Notre Dame de la Chapelle (Pl. 0, D, 4), begun before 1216 on
the site of an earlier chapel. The handsome choir and transept date
from the middle of the 13th cent., the nave was completed in 1483,
and the W. tower at the end of the 17th century.
The IntERIoR, apart from the architecture and the carving of the baroque
pulpit, by P. D. Plumier (ca. 1720; representing Elijah in the wilderness),
is comparatively uninteresting. — In the ArsLes are several altar-pieces
of the 17th century. In the 2nd Chapel of the S. aisle: G. de Crayer, Christ
appearing to Mary Magdalen. — 4th Chap.: Tomb of the painter P. Brueghel
the Elder (d. 1569). — The Cuorr has been decorated with fine polycbrome
paintings by Charle-Albert. On a pillar to the left of the choir is a mon-
ument to Duke Ch. Alex. de Oroy (d. 1624). The chapel behind contains |
