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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: the new Saint-Servais / Sint-Servatius; the old church was demolished in 1905

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © M0tty, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 September 2011 by M0tty [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_saint-Servais_-_Schaerbeek_-_(1)_-_2264-0055-0.JPG] [accessed 26 October 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20085SCH
Church/Chapel: Ancienne église Saint-Servais [demolished 1905]
Church Patron Saints: St. Servatius of Tongeren [aka Sarbatius, Servais, Servatius of Maastricht]
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest ou Brussel
Directions to Site: Located in the arrondisement Bruxelles-Capitale
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Old St-Servais chapel 12thC; re-built ca. 1300; restored 1637, 1773, etc.; enlarged 1842; disused 1879; demolished 1905
[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the old 12th-century church here]. There are three modern churches with fonts in this town: 1) the new Saint-Servais, aka Sint-Servatius, dates from 1871 and has a font of 1875; 2) Sint-Suzanna has a font of 1935; 3) Kerk O.L.Vrouw has a 19th-century font [source: BALaT KIK-IRPA: 1)cliché M084413; 2)cliché M084006; 3)no image; ref.: 20012482].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.864248, 4.3732
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 51′ 51.29″ N, 4° 22′ 23.52″ E