Koekelberg Basilica

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Koekelberg or simply "Basilica of Koekelberg" was founded in 1905 as a national monument and, after the First World War, as a pilgrimage centre to the Sacred Heart. The Art Deco basilica was only officially consecrated in 1951 and was fully completed in 1970.

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Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Church

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes church was built in 1949 in a modern Romanesque style. The church owes its name to the nearby Lourdes de Jette grotto, the object of many pilgrimages, particularly during the First World War. The chapel of the cave quickly became too small and the construction of a larger church was considered and then built a few hundred meters from the chapel. The church was designed by the Christian architect Chrétien Veraart and is built in brick with concrete elements. The church is now also home to a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic community, whose patron saint is Saint Volodymyr.

Red church and bell tower with a pointed roof

Saint Peter's Church

The brick neo-Gothic St. Peter's Church from 1878-1880 is a design by architect Charles Demaeght.

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Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

St. John the Baptist Church is an art-deco church built in 1931. It replaces a 19th century building, which had become dilapidated and had replaced the old medieval church of the 10th century. The medieval church of St. John the Baptist was destroyed in 1578 when the Calvinists took control of Brussels. In 1834-1836, a new St. John the Baptist church was built according to the plans of the Brussels architect Louis Spaak. However, the new building soon became cramped. In the 1920s, the project for the new church was entrusted to the architect Joseph Diongre. The Church of St. John the Baptist is the first reinforced concrete church in Brussels.