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Église Saint-Augustin de Forest
- Architect
- Léon Guiannotte, André Watteyne
- Date
- 1935 (begun 1933)
- Type
- religious
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Brussels
- Status
- listed
- Address
- Place de l'Altitude Cent, 1190 Forest
Parish church in Forest built of reinforced concrete by Léon Guiannotte and André Watteyne between 1933 and 1935, in an Art Deco style with modernist touches. Its plan, a Greek cross inscribed in a circle, is topped by a central bell tower whose cross rises 54 metres above the square. The building has been listed since 8 August 1988.
Translated from the French original.
Sources
- monument.heritage.brussels
- en.wikipedia.org
- heritagedays.urban.brussels
- europeanheritagedays.com
- Wikidata Q3581005