- Address: Korte Boterstraat 1, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
- Phone: +32 2 267 51 64
- Date of founding: 1125.
The Church of St. Nicholas in Brussels is a delightful temple of small dimensions, surrounded by equally beautiful old houses.
What to see?
This church is almost 1000 years old, but today there is not much left of that Romanesque building that was erected in the distant 11th century. In the 14th century, repairs were made and the facade was completely redone for gothic architecture. And in 1695 as a result of the French bombardment, a cannonball hit one of the columns, which remains there until now and is a kind of reminder of the bombardment of the city and the destroyed church.
Many tourists come here to, first of all, see the original of the creation of Rubens - the painting "Madonna and Child" and Vladimir Icon, which in 1131 was created by an unknown artist from Constantinople.
The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Paix, built in 1490, adorns the left nave of the church. However, due to the fact that the façade was repeatedly reconstructed, in the literary editions this temple is mentioned as an architectural structure that does not have much interest, but, at the same time, its small size and a soothing atmosphere inside, daily it attracts dozens of visitors to Brussels .
How to get there?
Take bus No. 29, 66 or 71 to the De Brouckere stop, then go about 500 m to the southeast to Korte Boterstraat, 1.
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