St James's Church, Antwerp
Brabantine Gothic church with a squat, unfinished west tower and a richly Baroque interior.
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This guide to St James's Church in Antwerp is about stone, money and ambition: a parish that set out in the late fifteenth century to build a tower to rival the tallest in Europe. You'll meet the family of master builders who worked on it, and the emperor who stepped in when funds ran dry. It also follows the water, bombs and hail the walls have faced since. Best heard outside, looking up at the west tower.
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