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Notre-Dame au Bois chapel

Chapelle ND au BOIS
Credit : Kevin DELLOY

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In a wooded setting of Braine-le-Château stands an unusual little chapel... with an upside-down stone! Built in 1740 and restored in 1774, the Notre-Dame au Bois chapel, a single-nave sanctuary with a three-part apse, replaced, according to tradition, a little chapel on the front of which a stone bore the inscription: "S. Marie, refuge de ceux qui sont vexés de la fièvre, prie pour nous" (Holy Mary, refuge of those troubled by fever, pray for us). Thanks to, or because of, a somewhat distracted mason during the reconstruction of the chapel, you will find this stone… but upside-down! Mass is presently celebrated there every Friday of Lent at 9 am. Every year at Braine-le-Château, on the Sunday, 2 July or the following Sunday, the procession of Notre-Dame-au-Bois is also held, bringing together the President of the 'Cavaliers de Notre-Dame-au-Bois', farmers on horseback, the Sainte Lucie band, and the statue of Notre-Dame-au-Bois that follows the Blessed Sacrament. The faithful bring up the rear.

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Updated at : 27/03/2024

1440 Braine-le-Château
Lat : 50.67318Lng : 4.26431
111 m

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1 Place du Brabant wallon 1300 Wavre (Belgique) Belgique

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