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Our-Lady-of-the-Sablon church (Sablon Church) is dead center on a hill midway between downtown and the upper city of Brussels. On either side of this venerable old church are two squares famous for their shopping, antique boutiques, chocolate shops and bakeries. Our-Lady-of-the-Sablon was built in the Gothic era (15th-16th century) and was paid for by the Guild of Crossbowmen who cherished this as their church. Its most notable feature is the four-fold gallery and the stunning colored stain-glass windows. If you have the opportunity, try to see this church at night. It is breathtaking.
You'll also find two baroque chapels decorated with white marble funeral symbols. Look for the peripatetic statue of St. Hubert. This statue was actually purloined from Brussels and spirited to Antwerp. It was returned to the church in 1348 and hasn't been stolen since then. There's another whimsical story attached to this church as well. In 1348 a woman named Beatrijs Soetkins supposedly had a vision from the Holy Mother. She was apparently instructed to steal a statue of the Madonna from an Antwerp Church and bring it to the Sablon Chapel. It was soon held that the statue was miraculous which attracted flocks of pilgrims. Obviously this church has never had a dull moment in its long and distinguished history.
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