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'''St. Andrew’s Church''' ({{lang-fr|L'église St Andrew}}, {{lang-nl|Sint-Andrieskerk}}) is a 16th-century-built [[late-Gothic]]/[[baroque|late-Baroque]] style church in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]] and the [[parish church]] of the Parish of St. Andrew’s of that city. |
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==History== |
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St. Andrew’s Church is the parish church of the parish of St. Andrew’s in Antwerp. |
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The church was built in the 16th century by [[Augustinians|Augustine friars]] who had built a [[convent]] at the same location earlier that century. The convent's chapel was expanded and then consecrated as a parish church in 1529. |
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Many of the church's furnishings are distinctly [[baroque]] in style, earlier pieces having been destroyed during the [[Iconoclast]] and later during the [[French Revolution]]. Many of the church's features were restored in the 1970s. |
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Very little of the late-Gothic and Renaissance works of art survived the [[Beeldenstorm|Iconoclasm]] and the [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] period. As a consequence, the decoration, furniture and furnishings of this Gothic church stem largely from the [[Baroque]] period. Many artefacts are the work of artists who lived in the parish. |
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St. Andrew’s Church and it’s interior survived French Revolutionary Rule largely unscathed. After the French Revolution the church’s interior was updated in the Baroque style. Initially, it’s works of art came from old monasteries. Thereafter, works were commissioned from artists. Until the mid-nineteenth century these artists worked in the Baroque style. |
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[[Hendrik Conscience]], known as ‘the man who taught his people to read’, was baptised in St. Andrew’s Church and attended mass there.<ref name="St. Andrew's Church (interior)">{{cite web|url=http://www.citytripplanner.com/en/things-to-do_Antwerp/St-Andrew-s-Church-interior|work=St. Andrew's Church (interior)|publisher=City Trip Planner|accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref> |
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Restoration of the church took place between 1970 and 1975.<ref>http://www.citytripplanner.com/en/things-to-do_Antwerp/St-Andrew-s-Church-interior</ref> |
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* [http://www.mkaweb.be/site/english/074.html Monumental Churches of Antwerp - St. Andrews] |
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* [http://www.visitantwerpen.be/Bezoekerssite-EN/Visitors/to-do/to-do-sights/to-do-sights-religious-buildings/to-do-sights-religious-buildings-St-Andrews-Church.html Visit Antwerp - St. Andrew's Church] |
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St. Andrew’s Church (French: L'église St Andrew, Dutch: Sint-Andrieskerk) is a 16th-century-built late-Gothic/late-Baroque style church in Antwerp, Belgium and the parish church of the Parish of St. Andrew’s of that city.
History
The church was built in the 16th century by Augustine friars who had built a convent at the same location earlier that century. The convent's chapel was expanded and then consecrated as a parish church in 1529.
Many of the church's furnishings are distinctly baroque in style, earlier pieces having been destroyed during the Iconoclast and later during the French Revolution. Many of the church's features were restored in the 1970s.