PICTURE GALLERY OF OPBRAKEL

Saint Martin Church

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In Opbrakel, now part of the Town of Brakel (Belgium), a church with one nave and a 10 meter high, massive, rectangular tower was built around 1250.

The tower was made of local iron-sand-stone, interlarded with sand-stone and Roman roof tiles. Both late-Romanesque and early-Gothic style elements can be found here.


When in 1716 the building of a church with one nave and two aisles was started, the natural stone of the old church building was used for the foundations and the plinth. In 1754, nave and aisles were brought under one saddle roof. The 18th century choir was enlarged with a sacristy in 1754 and 1868.

On July 8, 1970, the church building was recognized as an important cultural asset, and became protected as such by Belgian law.




Source: Koenraad DE WOLF, Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Romaanse Bouwkunst (1000-1225), 1996, p. 84-85.
(English translation: Architectural Guide of South-East-Flanders. Romanesque Architecture (1000-1225).)

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