Saint Peter's Church
The brick neo-Gothic St. Peter's Church from 1878-1880 is a design by architect Charles Demaeght.
About this building
The furniture is older than the church itself: the stone baptismal font dates from 1597 and the two confessional chairs are early 18th century.
In 1896 the brothers Adrien and Salomon Van Bever (from Laeken) were commissioned to build an organ for the new church. The instrument fits in with the then prevailing romantic tradition. An organ festival is organized every spring. The Kortenberg organ builder Jean-Pierre Draps performed a restoration in stages.
The tomb of the de Villegas family is in the left side aisle. It is made of black marble and bears the coat of arms of the noble family de Villegas, the last gentlemen of the Graafschap Sint-Pieters-Jette.
Be sure to take a closer look at the carvings: the medallions on the confessional chairs, such as the medallion of St. Jerome (on the left), that of St. Gregory the Great (on the right) and that of St. Peter (above the left side altar, with the rooster on the left) .
The processional banners, in two places, come from the brotherhoods, lay organizations that were committed to a certain godly goal, which existed in the parish since the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century.
The showpiece of the church is the statue of Mary with the Child Jesus, at the front right in the church, a height of 1.90m. The baptismal font is perhaps the oldest artwork of the church (1597).
