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100F4043 - Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule (Bruxelles, Belgique)

La catedral de Bruselas o catedral de San Miguel y Santa Gúdula (en francés: cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule; en neerlandés: Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele; en latín: Cathedralis Sancti Michaelis et Gudulae Bruxellis) es un edificio gótico situado cerca de la Estación Central de la ciudad y perteneciente a la Archidiócesis de Malinas-Bruselas.

Se empezó a erigir en 1226, el mismo año en que comenzó la construcción de la también gótica catedral de Toledo, y se concluyó en 1500. Fue construida con piedra de Gobertange.

Está ubicada en el cruce de dos importantes rutas, la que lleva de Flandes a Colonia y la que va de Amberes a Mons pasando por Bruselas. Este cruce está situado en la colina de Treurenberg (ant. Molenberg) y existe una mención de Bruselas en las gestas de los obispos de Cambrai (diócesis a la que pertenecía): el obispo Vindicien enferma en Bruselas poco antes de su muerte en 695

 

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The Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula (French: Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule; Dutch: Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele[2]), usually shortened to the Cathedral of St. Gudula[a] or St. Gudula[b] by locals, is a medieval Catholic cathedral in central Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, the patron saints of the City of Brussels, and is considered to be one of the finest examples of Brabantine Gothic architecture.

The Romanesque church's construction began in the 11th century, replacing an earlier chapel, and was largely complete in its current Gothic form by the 16th, though its interior was frequently modified in the following centuries. The building includes late-Gothic and Baroque chapels, whilst its neo-Gothic decorative elements, including some of its stained glass windows in the aisles, date from restoration work in the 19th century. St. Gudula also stands out for its musical components, notably its two pipe organs and its immense church bells. The complex was designated a historic monument in 1936.[1]

 

The church was elevated to cathedral status in 1962 and has since been the co-cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels, together with St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen.[2] As the national church of Belgium and the Primate of Belgium's official seat, it frequently hosts royal weddings, state funerals and other official ceremonies, such as the Te Deum on Belgian National Day.

 

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La cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule (en néerlandais : Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele; en allemand : Kathedrale St. Michael und St. Gudula) située à Bruxelles, en Belgique, est la cocathédrale de l'archidiocèse catholique de Malines-Bruxelles. Elle est dédiée à saint Michel et à sainte Gudule, saints patrons de la ville de Bruxelles, et est un exemple reconnaissable du gothique brabançon.

 

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