St Jacobschapel - Nijmegen, NL
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N 51° 50.911 E 005° 51.570
31U E 696948 N 5748056
The chapel was built in the 15th century as part of the St. Jacobsgasthuis. It is a brick chapel with a three-sided choir closure dedicated to Saint James. I noticed a shell on the door, a shell in the windows and also a sign ref Way of St. James
Waymark Code: WM16GAR
Location: Gelderland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 07/27/2022
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"The Sint-Jacobs chapel or Glashuis is a national monument in the lower town of the Dutch city of Nijmegen.
The chapel was built in the fifteenth century as part of the St. Jacobsgasthuis. It is a brick chapel with a three-sided choir closure dedicated to Saint James. After the siege of Nijmegen in 1591, the chapel lost its religious function. Hendrick Heuck had a glassworks there until 1655, which was then taken over and went bankrupt in 1670. After that, the chapel served as a school, storage space, cowshed, orphanage and home. In 1965 the chapel was built by engineer J.G. Door restored. After this it became a prayer room again; only now dedicated to Saint Gertrude. In 1998 the religious function disappeared again and since then the building has been used for exhibitions and weddings, among other things. Artist Ted Felen created five stained glass windows for the building."
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