Keizerskapel

Antwerp


Built in 1512 for the cloth-cutters' guild, this underrated little chapel honouring St Anne was given a major Gothic rebuild in the mid-17th century, from which the impressive altar and ex-votos are retained.

After the anti-religious period of French rule in the late 18th century, Keizerskapel was the first place in Antwerp to reopen to Catholic worship.


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