Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula Carillon - Brussels, Belgium - Carillon on Waymarking.com

"A chapel dedicated to St. Michael was probably built on the Treurenberg hill as early as the 9th century. In the 11th century it was replaced by a Romanesque church. In 1047, Lambert II, Count of Leuven founded a chapter in this church and organized the transportation of the relics of the martyr St. Gudula, housed before then in Saint Gaugericus Church on Saint-Géry Island. The patron saints of the church, St. Michael and St. Gudula, are also the patron saints of the city of Brussels.

In the thirteenth century, Henry I, Duke of Brabant ordered two round towers to be added to the church. Henry II, Duke of Brabant instructed the building of a Gothic collegiate church in 1226. The choir was constructed between 1226 and 1276. It took about 300 years to complete the entire church. It was completed just before the reign of the emperor Charles V commenced in 1519.

The dimensions of the building are: exterior length 114 metres (374 ft), interior length 109 metres (358 ft), exterior width at the choir 57 metres (187 ft), interior width 54 metres (177 ft) and height of towers 64 metres (210 ft).

The cathedral is built of stone from the Gobertange quarry which is located approximately 45 km south-east of the site of the Cathedral. The western façade with its three portals surmounted by gables and two towers are typical of the French Gothic style, but without rose window, which was replaced by a large window in the Brabantian Gothic style. The two towers, the upper parts of which are arranged in terraces, are attributed to the Flemish architect Jan Van Ruysbroeck (1470-1485), who also designed the tower of the Town Hall of Brussels.

The south tower contains a 49-bell carillon by the Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry on which Sunday concerts are often given."

--Wikipedia (visit link)

Location: Parvis Ste-Gudule Brussels, Belgium 1000 Who controls the carillon?: Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula Number of bells: 49 Structure: Part of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula south tower Location web page: [Web Link] Schedule of regular public performances: Not listed Year of construction: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
An original photograph of the carillon is required. One of you and your crew doing your very best imitation of Quasimodo and/or Esmeralda will be most appreciated.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log   03/29/2024 djdomin visited it 11/10/2021 T-Team! visited it 06/30/2020 STLbells wrote comment for it 12/25/2019 chrissyml visited it 09/12/2019 jezevcik visited it 12/27/2018 pmaupin visited it 03/08/2018 Michaelfiles visited it 11/01/2017 Bergfreund1974 visited it 09/21/2015 Tumbrel visited it 06/30/2015 ToRo61 visited it 03/21/2015 Dragon Ball visited it 09/03/2010 Bush-Rescue visited it

View all visits/logs