St. Andrew's Church, Antwerp

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St. Andrew's Church is a Catholic church in Antwerp built in the 16th century. Its exterior is mainly characterised by a late-Gothic style while its interior is predominantly executed in Baroque style. It is the parish church of the Parish of St. Andrew's. In the 19th century, St. Andrew's Parish was known as the parish of misery as it was by then most popular by poor people.

History: Construction of the church recommended in the 16th century by Augustinian Friars who had built a convention with a chapel at the same location in 1513. Johannes van Mechelen of Osbach initiated 1508 the foundation of the monastery. The Augustinians decided to build a church there in 1514 but when they were accumulated of Lutheran sympathies in 1522 the grounds were taken from them and two of the brothers, Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, were executed for heresy. In 1527 the site was pitched to finance the building of the church. The former convent chapel was expanded and then assembled as a parish church in 1529. The church was later expanded with a tower in the west and a transept.

In 1549, city politician and ecclesiastic Nicolaas Beukelaer endowed the church with a...