Church of St. Augustine, Forest
| Church of St. Augustine | |
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| Coordinates: 50°48′59″N 4°20′12″E / 50.81639°N 4.33667°E | |
| Location | Place de l'Altitude Cent / Hoogte Honderdplein B-1190 Forest, Brussels-Capital Region |
| Country | Belgium |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Augustine |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Protected[1] |
| Designated | 08/08/1988 |
| Architect(s) | Léon Guiannotte, André Watteyne[2] |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Art Deco |
| Years built | 1932–1935 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Reinforced concrete[3] |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Mechelen-Brussels |
The Church of St. Augustine (French: Église Saint-Augustin, Dutch: Sint-Augustinuskerk) is a Roman Catholic church located in Forest, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to Saint Augustine.
Designed by the architects Léon Guiannotte and André Watteyne in Art Deco style, and built between 1932 and 1935,[2] it is one of three major churches in Brussels made of reinforced concrete (the other two are the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg and the Church of St. John the Baptist in Molenbeek). The building received protected status on 8 August 1988.[4]
The church is located on the Place de l'Altitude Cent/Hoogte Honderdplein (a square named due to its altitude one hundred meters above sea level), not far from Duden Park and the Chaussée d'Alsemberg/Alsembergse Steenweg.
See also[]
- List of churches in Brussels
- Roman Catholicism in Belgium
- Art Deco in Brussels
Further reading[]
- Christian Carez, Bruxelles Art Déco: 1920-1930 (Brussels, 1996), p. 61.
- Gilles Queille, "Église Saint-Augustin, Place de l'Altitude 100, à Forest. Architectes L. Guiannotte et Watteyne", Bâtir. Revue mensuelle illustrée d'Architecture, d'Art et de Décoration, 40 (1936), 592–593.
References[]
- ^ http://www.forest.irisnet.be/fr/decouvrir-forest/tourisme/patrimoine-historique/leglise-saint-augustin
- ^ Jump up to: a b Romain Wibaut, Thomas Coomans and Ine Wouters, "Hidden modernity: Reinforced concrete trusses in Brussels parish churches (1935-40)", in Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, vol. 2, edited by Ine Wouters et al. (London, 2018), p. 1970.
- ^ Michelin Green Guide, Brussels (2001), p. 171.
- ^ "Forest - Eglise Saint-Augustin - Place Altitude Cent - GUIANNOTTE Léon". www.irismonument.be. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
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