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St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent

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The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or in Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) an 89-meter-tall Gothic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. [1]

48 relations: Antoon Stillemans, Antoon van den Heuvel, Apse chapel, Baroque, Bavo of Ghent, Belgium, Brothers of Charity, Cathedral, Chapter house, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Choir (architecture), Constant van Crombrugghe, Cornelius Jansen (Bishop of Ghent), Frans Pourbus the Elder, Fresco, Gaspar de Crayer, Ghent, Ghent Altarpiece, Gothic architecture, Gustaaf Joos, Hubert van Eyck, Ignace Schetz de Grobbendonk, Jan Boeksent, Jan Van Cleef, Jan van de Velde, Jan van Eyck, Jerôme Duquesnoy (II), Jozef De Kesel, Justus van Gent, Karel Justinus Calewaert, Klais Orgelbau, Laurent Delvaux, Lode Aerts, Lucas de Heere, Lucas van Uden, Marquess of Becelaere, Michelle of Valois, Nave, Peter Paul Rubens, Petrus Joseph Triest, Rococo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai, Romanesque architecture, Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, Transept, Van Eyck, Viglius.

Antoon Stillemans

Antoon Stillemans (10 December 1832, Sint-Niklaas – 5 November 1916, Ghent) was a Belgian bishop.

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Antoon van den Heuvel

Antoon van den Heuvel, Antoine van den Heuvel or Anton van den Heuvel (nickname: 'don Antonio') at the Netherlands Institute for Art History Edmond De Busscher, Recherches sur les peintres et sculpteurs à Gand, aux XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, E. De Busscher et fils, 1866, p. 68 (c. 1600 – 5 August 1677) was a Flemish history painter and draughtsman.

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Apse chapel

An apse chapel or apsidal chapel is a chapel in traditional Christian church architecture, which radiates tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century.

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Bavo of Ghent

Saint Bavo of Ghent (also known as Bavon, Allowin, Bavonius, and Baaf) (622–659) was a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Brothers of Charity

The Brothers of Charity are a religious institute of Religious Brothers and associate members at the service of the people most in need in the field of education and health care.

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Chapter house

A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room that is part of a cathedral, monastery or collegiate church in which larger meetings are held.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Carlos; Karl; Carlo; Karel; Carolus; 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and the Spanish Empire (as Charles I of Spain) from 1516, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506.

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Choir (architecture)

A choir, also sometimes called quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir.

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Constant van Crombrugghe

Constant Guillaume Van Crombrugghe (14 October 1789 – 1 December 1865) was a Flemish canon and founder of several orders: Josephites or Fathers Jozefieten (1817) and Subsidiaries of the Sisters of Mary and Joseph.

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Cornelius Jansen (Bishop of Ghent)

Cornelius Jansen, the Elder (1510, Hulst – 11 April 1576, Ghent) was a Catholic exegete and the first bishop of Ghent.

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Frans Pourbus the Elder

Frans Pourbus the ElderGaëlle Brackez, Frans Pourbus de oudere (1545-1581) Een blik op zijn leven en oeuvre volume i: tekst, Masterproef voorgelegd aan de Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Vakgroep Kunst -, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen, voor het verkrijgen van de graad van Master, Universiteit Gent Academiejaar 2011 -2012 (Bruges, 1545 – Antwerp, 19 September 1581) was a Flemish Renaissance painter painter who is known primarily for his portraits and religious compositions.

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Fresco

Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster.

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Gaspar de Crayer

Gaspar de Crayer or Jasper de Crayer (18 November 1584 – 27 January 1669) was a Flemish painter known for his many Counter-Reformation altarpieces and portraits.

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Ghent

Ghent (Gent; Gand) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Ghent Altarpiece

The Ghent Altarpiece (or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Het Lam Gods) is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages.

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Gustaaf Joos

Gustaaf Joos (Sint-Niklaas 5 July 1923 – 2 November 2004) was a prelate of the Diocese of Ghent, who was elevated to the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals on 21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II.

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Hubert van Eyck

Hubert van Eyck (also Huybrecht van Eyck) (c. 1385–90 – 18 September 1426) was an Early Netherlandish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck, as well as Lambert and Margareta, also painters.

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Ignace Schetz de Grobbendonk

Ignacius Augustinus Schetz de Grobbendonk (1625–1680) was the 9th Bishop of Namur and the 11th Bishop of Ghent.

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Jan Boeksent

Jan Boeksent or Joannes Boecksent OFM 1660-1727 was a Flemish sculptor, famous for his baroque wooden and marble carvings.

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Jan Van Cleef

Jan van Cleef (or Jan van Cleve) (6 January 1646 – 18 December 1716) was a Dutch-born Flemish painter.

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Jan van de Velde

Jan van de Velde the younger (1593 – ca. 1 November 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of animal, landscape and still-life subjects.

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Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck (before c. 1390 – 9 July 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges.

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Jerôme Duquesnoy (II)

Jerôme Duquesnoy (II) or Hieronymus Duquesnoy (II) or the Younger (baptized 8 May 1602, Brussels – 28 September 1654, Ghent) was a Flemish architect and sculptor who was particularly accomplished in portraits.

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Jozef De Kesel

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Justus van Gent

Justus van Gent or Joos van Wassenhove (also: Justus or Jodocus of Ghent, or Giusto da Guanto) (c. 1410 – c. 1480) was an Early Netherlandish painter who after training and working in Flanders later moved to Italy where he worked for the duke of Urbino.

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Karel Justinus Calewaert

Karel Justinus Calewaert (17 October 1893 – 27 December 1963) was a Belgian Roman Catholic bishop.

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Klais Orgelbau

Orgelbau Klais is a German firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs.

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Laurent Delvaux

Laurent Delvaux (1696, Ghent – 24 February 1778, Nivelles) was a Flemish sculptor.

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Lode Aerts

Lode Aerts (born 2 October 1959) is the bishop of Bruges, Belgium.

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Lucas de Heere

Lucas de Heere (1534 – 29 August 1584) was a Flemish portrait painter, poet and writer.

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Lucas van Uden

Lucas van Uden (18 October 1595 – 4 November 1672) was a leading Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and engraver, who lived and worked in Antwerp.

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Marquess of Becelaere

The Marquess of Becelaere is a former French title, now extinct.

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Michelle of Valois

Michelle of France (11 January 1395 – 8 July 1422) was a Duchess consort of Burgundy.

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Nave

The nave is the central aisle of a basilica church, or the main body of a church (whether aisled or not) between its rear wall and the far end of its intersection with the transept at the chancel.

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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist.

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Petrus Joseph Triest

Peter Joseph Triest (31 August 1760 – 24 June 1836) was a prelate of the Diocese of Ghent.

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Rococo

Rococo, less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque", was an exuberantly decorative 18th-century European style which was the final expression of the baroque movement.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent, (Latin: Dioecesis Gandavensis), also known as (Ghent) or (Gand); is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Belgium.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches.

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Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace

Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace named Cardinal d'Alsace (Brussels, 12 November 1679 – 5 January 1759), was a Cardinal- Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium.

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Transept

A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the edifice.

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Van Eyck

Van Eyck or Van Eijk is a Dutch toponymic surname.

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Viglius

Viglius (October 19, 1507, Swichum – May 5, 1577), was the name taken by Wigle Aytta van Zwichem, a Dutch statesman and jurist, a Frisian by birth.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bavo's_Cathedral,_Ghent

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