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Saint Jacques sur Coudenberg is locaed in the capital city of Belgium,
Brussels which is also the capital city of Europe. It is situated Place
Royale in Brussels and is a holy place. The famous church forms part of
the city trip of Brussels. Starting of the 12th century the duke of
Brabant set up an oratory on Coudenberg in honour of Saint Jacques Le
Majeur along the road which crosses Brussels from East to West. During
the 15th century, principal events celebrate din the church were the
baptism of Marie de Borgogne in 1947, funeral of Isabelle de Bourbon,
the second wife of Charles le Téméraire, who died in 1945, funeral of
François, son of Marie de Bourgogne and Maximilien d’Autriche, who
deceased at the age of 4 months in 1481. During religious disorders the
church was partly damged in 1579. In 1802 after the French Revolution
the church was retuned to the catholic worship. In 1849 the church was
made bigger with the opening of collaterals. In 1978 the chuch Saint
Jacques sur Coudenberg is entrusted to “Vicariat aux Forces Armées” and
became in 1986 “Diocèse aux Force Armées” and Saint Jacques sur
Coudenberg became the principal church. |
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