Chapel of
the XI century known as St. Julian
Hospitaller for the Flemings of Flanders
Restored
and rededicated in 1491 after years of neglect
Renovated
in the years 1680/82
Restoration
and decoration of the vault 1713/20
Since 1831
it has become the Royal Belgian Church and acquired its present name, as
well as the alternative name of S. GIULIANO DEI BELGI (St. Julian of the
Belgian People)
Restorations
in 1852 to 1860
Copy of the
statue of elm wood, kept in the meeting room, “St.
Julian” about 1645 b the Dutchman Judocus
Van Haerts
Symbols of
the four cities of Flanders: Bruges and Franc de Bruges on the right, Ghent and
Ypres on the left
FLOOR
There are “Twenty-six
tombstones” arranged radially
VAULT
At the
center “Glory of St. Julian” about 1718 by the Englishman William Kent (about 1685/1748)
In the
pendentives tempera on canvas “Allegories of Ypres, Bruges, Ghent and County of
Flanders” of the mid-nineteenth century
RIGHT SIDE
Marble
medallion with “Portrait of the Belgian painter Jacques Sturm” 1844 by Joseph Jean Tuerlinckx (1809/73)
RIGHT ALTAR
Altarpiece “Sts.
Peter and Paul” early eighteenth century by an anonymous
Roman artist
MAIN ALTAR
Altarpiece “Conversion
of St. Julian” about 1695 by the Dutchman Theodor
Helmbrecker (1633/96)
In the
lunette polychrome glass “St. Joseph with the Child and Angels” 1851 by the
Belgian Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (1814/91)
On the
sides nineteenth-century tombs of the Belgian Minister Henry of Luxembourg to
the right and of General Albert Prisse to the left
TO THE LEFT
OF THE MAIN ALTAR
“Funeral
Monument of Ludovica Timbrune-Valence” 1828 by Mathias
Kessels (1784/1836) with the Countess meeting the deceased daughter in
the form of an angel
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