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runs in an unbroken band entirely around the church. All colour is avoided, replaced by architectural enrichments and the
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as a cathedral after 1559, when most of the dioceses of the Netherlands were reorganized. It is classified as part of
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In the interior, there is an ornamented frieze, carved with swags of fruit and flowers between the
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Between 1751 and 1767, the cathedral was almost entirely rebuilt to Italianate designs of the
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of 12 May 1559 establishing the new bishoprics in the Low Countries, with the
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of the dome. The interior contains works of art that include paintings by
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used the cathedral as inspiration for a church he designed,
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formally took the Church of St. Aubin under his protection.
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French
Roman Catholic
cathedral
Namur
academic Late Baroque
Low Countries
Walloon Region
collegiate church
Albert II of Namur
Mainz Cathedral
Saint Albanus
Stephen IX
Pope Innocent III
papal bull
Diocese of Namur
Archdiocese of Cambrai
high altar
Don Juan of Austria
Habsburg Netherlands
Escorial
Madrid
Ticinese
Gaetano Matteo Pisoni
Charles Ménart
St Aloysius Church
Glasgow
Corinthian capitals
bas-reliefs
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