Explore the captivating journey through time and history as we unravel the rich tapestry of the Antwerp Cathedral of Our Lady from its humble beginnings as a pre-Romanesque Chapel to the Gothic masterpiece it is today.

Chapters:
00:32 7th Century - Caloes - First settlement — Missionaries in Antwerp
02:02 9th Century - Viking attack
02:25 Second settlement
02:57 11th Century - Pre-romanesque Chapel of our Lady
03:49 12th Century - Romanesque Church of our Lady
04:17 1200 Surface of Antwerp doubles
04:50 14th Century - Start construction Gothic Church
05:22 1413 - Gothic Choir completed
06:09 15th Century - Church expanded in width
06:36 1475 - Two halves
06:59 1492 - Columbus discovers America
07:59 1518 - Great Gothic tower completed
08:11 Antwerp prospers - Start of the “New Work”
08:51 1533 - Fire
09:27 1559 - The church become a Cathedral
09:39 Iconoclastic fury and Calvinistic regime
10:05 Counter-Reformation - Baroque era - Rubens
10:43 French Rule
11:54 19th Century - Neo-gothic resurgence
12:12 The church becomes Cathedral once again


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