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Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Mechelen" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... This page was last edited on 1 June 2022 ...
[4] The St John the Baptist Church is a single-aisled church. It burnt down in 1568, and was enlarged between 1810 and 1811 and 1863 to 1867. In 1935, it was redesigned with a larger tower by Joseph Cuypers. [4] Mechelen was home to 740 people in 1840. [5] Mechelen used to be the capital of the municipality of Wittem.
Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛxələ(n)] ⓘ; French: Malines ⓘ; historically known as Mechlin in English [n 1]) is a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
It was owned by the city until 1561. That year, it received a new calling as the residence of Granvelle, the first Archbishop of Mechelen, and right-hand man of Philip II. In 1609 the building was bought back by the city and served as the headquarters of the Great Council of the Netherlands from 1616 until 1795.
Museum De Schotse Huizen (the Scottish houses) 1964: 23: Proeflokaal Wynand Fockink (Tasting House Wynand Fockink) Pijlsteeg 31: Amsterdam: 1689: this house is also issued as number 11: 1965: 24: De Kroon (The Crown) Mient 31: Alkmaar: 1546: 1966: 25: Orphanage: Spieringstraat 1-3: Gouda: 1642: this house is also issued as number 17: 1966: 26 ...
After the war, the former infantry barracks was partially renovated as civil housing; the Flemish Government, Province of Antwerp and the City of Mechelen financing the purchase of the ground floor and the basement of the right wing. In 1995 this building became the site of the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance, later renamed. [1]
The architect was Lucas Faydherbe, a native of Mechelen and a nephew of Lucas Franchoys the Younger, who had studied with Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. [3] The foundation stone was laid in 1662. Construction was delayed on multiple occasions, because the façade tilted dangerously forward. In 1664, the façade was demolished and rebuilt.
The Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House) of Mechelen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, is a building where the city's aldermen held their meetings in the Middle Ages. It is located on the edge of the Grote Markt (main square), between the latter and the IJzerenleen and is considered the first stone 'town hall' of Flanders. [1] [2]