Notre-Dame de Laeken

The Church of Our Lady of Laeken is a parish church in the district of , Belgium. Built in neo-Gothic style, it was originally erected in memoriam of Queen Louise-Marie, wife of King Leopold I, to the design of the architect Joseph Poelaert.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Laeken, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Church of Our Lady”, “Church of Our Lady of Laeken”, and “Église Notre-Dame - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
  • Address: Parvis Notre-Dame - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwvoorplein 17

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Crypt and Laeken railway station.

Tomb
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The lies underneath the Church of Our Lady in the district of , Belgium. It is the official burial place of the Belgian royal family, including all the Kings of the Belgians and their wives.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 150 metres south of Notre-Dame de Laeken.

Park
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is situated 120 metres south of Notre-Dame de Laeken.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laken and Tour & Taxis.

Suburb
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Laeken or is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020.

Neighborhood
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Tour & Taxis is a large former industrial site in , Belgium. It is situated on the embankment of the in the , just north-west of the .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Notre-Dame de Laeken

Latitude
50.8789° or 50° 52′ 44″ north
Longitude
4.35564° or 4° 21′ 20″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
9F26V9H4+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24384779
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
6948627
Wiki­data ID
Q1547264
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Notre-Dame de Laeken” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سيدة لاكن”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة نوتردام دي لايكن”
  • Armenian: “Լակենի Աստվածածնի եկեղեցի”
  • Asturian: “ilesia de la Nuesa Señora de Laeken”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laken kafedralı”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Дзевы Марыі”
  • Catalan: “església de Nostra Senyora de Laeken”
  • Chinese: “拉肯聖母教堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel Notre-Dame de Laeken”
  • Danish: “Vor frues kirke af Laeken”
  • Dutch: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Laken)”
  • Dutch: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه نوتردام دى لايكن”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo de Nia Sinjorino, Laken”
  • Estonian: “Laekeni Jumalaema kirik”
  • Finnish: “Laekenin Neitsyt Marian kirkko”
  • French: “église Notre-Dame de Laeken”
  • French: “Église Notre-Dame de Laeken”
  • French: “Église Notre-Dame”
  • Georgian: “ლაკენის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია”
  • German: “Liebfrauenkirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית גבירתנו בלייקן”
  • Hungarian: “Laekeni Miasszonyunk Templom”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Nostra Signora di Laeken”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Laeken”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Nostra Signora”
  • Japanese: “ノートルダム・ド・ラーケン教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vår frues kirke av Laeken”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “glèisa Nòstra Dòna de Laeken”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Laeken”
  • Russian: “Нотр-Дам-де-Лакен”
  • Russian: “Церковь Богоматери (Лакен)”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Notre Dame de Laeken”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Notre Dame de Laeken”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Notre Dame”
  • Swedish: “Église Notre-Dame de Laeken”
  • Swedish: “Notre-Dame de Laeken”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Богоматері”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Діви Марії (Лакен)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Діви Марії”
  • Western Frisian: “Us-Leaffrouwetsjerke (Laken)”
  • Western Frisian: “Us-Leaffrouwetsjerke”

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