Brussels No. 5 / Bruxelles
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09560BRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1475
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, Bruxelles / Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Kapellekerk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Originally built in 1134 as a chapel offered by king Godefroid I to the monks of the abbey of the Holy-Sepulchre of Cambrai; became the second parish church of the city in 1210 [source: www.aubonrepos.be]
Church Address: Pl. de la Chapelle, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Site Location: Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest ou Brussel, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at place de la Chapelle and rue Haute, in the city area of Les Marolles
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Notre-Dame_de_la_Chapelle_à_Bruxelles] [accessed 9 August 2026] mentions a baptismal font dated 1475 in it: "Les fonts baptismaux datent de 1475."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 595128 5633072
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.841528, 4.351111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 29.5″ N, 4° 21′ 4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "1475"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]