N. D. du Sablon. BRUSSELS. 10. Route. 103

The large building opposite the cathedral, to ine N., in the

tue du Bois-Sauvage, is tne Banas Nationale (Pl. E, 3), designed

by H. Beyaert and Janssens (1859-64) in the pote XV I. style and
enlarged in 1903-4.

The Rug pz LA Ré&cEncz (Pl. D, 4, 5), or Regentie-Straat, which
begins at the Place Royale, leads to the §.W. past the Comte de
Flandre’s Palace and the Palais des Beaux-Arts (comp. p. 100), and
farther ou intersects the SauarE pu Prrrr-Saston, or Kleine Zavel
(Pl. D, 5). To the right rises the Gothic church of —

Notre Dame du Babien (Pl. D, 5), also called Notre Dame des
Victoires, founded in 1304 by the Guild of Crossbowmen, but almost
entirely rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries. The exterior,
formerly closely hemmed in by houses, has been undergoing a
thorough restoration since 1900.

apart from its general impressiveness, is not very inter-
ned-gl windows are modern. The handsome carved-
ood pulpit is in the baroque style ({7th cent.). — The first chapel in the
AISLE contains the monument of Count Flaminius 5 of
he Duke of Parma, consisting of six reliefs in alabaster from the li
in (about 4570; restored). Opposite, at the end of the S
8 a monument by J. Jaquet, erected in 1856 to Aug. dal Pozzo,
de Voghera (d. 1781), commander of the Austrian forces in the Nether-
The Cuoi contains mural paintings of processions by Van der
Plaeisen, being an exact reproduction of the originals of the 15th cent.
discovered here in 1860 in a state beyond restoration. To the right and
left of the choir are chapels in the baroque e. That on the left is the
burial-chapel (17th cent.) of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis, sumptnously
adorned with black and white marble; it contains a statue of St. Ursula
by Duquesnoy, and an angel holding a torch, by Grupello.

To the left opens the Square du Petit-Sablon (Pl. D, 5), or
Kleine Zavel, surrounded by a handsome iron railing, designed
by X. Mellery (1882), with 48 small bronze figures representing
the Artistic and Industrial Guilds of the 16th century. In the upper
part of the square rises the *Monument of Counts Egmont and Hoorn,
by Ch. A. Fraikin (1864), originally erected in the Grand’ Place on
the spot where the execution took place. Ten marble statues of
celebrated contemporaries of the counts were erected in 1890 in a
half-circle round the monument. ‘These represent (from left to
right): Marnix of Ste. Aldegonde (p. 298) by P. de Vigne, Abr.
Ortelius (p. 183) by J. Lambeaux, B. van Orley by Dillens, J. de
Locquenghien by @. van den Kerckhove, Ger. Mercator by L. P.van
Biesbroeck, Dodonzus (p. 160) by A. de Tombay, Corn, Floris de
Vriendt by J. Pecher, H. van Brederode by J. A. van Rasbourgh,
L. van Bodeghem by meal Cuypers, and William of Orange by C. van
der Stappen. — The upper exit from the square leads to the Rue
aux Laines, opposite the main portal of the —

Palace of the Duc d’Arenberg (Pl. D, 5), once the residence of
Count Egmont, erected in 1548, restored in 1753 and again after
a fire in 1892, which destroyed the apartments once occupied by

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