Count's Chapel
Wall paintings of the Counts of Flanders
The Grafenkapelle (from left: Gravenkapel ) is an outbuilding of the Church of Our Lady in the Belgian city of Kortrijk .
history
Count Ludwig von Maele had the chapel built in 1370 on the south side of the choir of the Liebfrauenkirche as his burial place and placed it under the patronage of St. Catherine . The model was the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris .
Art treasures
- Wall paintings of the Counts of Flanders
- Statue of St. Catherine in alabaster ( André Beauneveu , 1374); only remnant of the tomb for Ludwig von Male
- Stained glass of the Golden Battle of Spurs (also known as "Battle of the Spurs of Kortrijk" or "Battle of Courtrai") on July 11, 1302
- 102 gusset
literature
- Devlieger, Luc, Kunstpatrimonium van West-Vlaanderen, Lannoo pvba, Tielt, 1973, 591pp., ISBN 90-209-0076-5
Web links
Commons : Grafenkapelle - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 44.1 ″ N , 3 ° 16 ′ 3.1 ″ E