Brabant Gothic
If the Gothic style was born in Northern France, the south of the Low Countries is one of the regions where it saw a biggest development. More specifically, the region of Brabant (the region around Brussels and Antwerp, and straddling up to the south of the Netherlands gave birth to one of the most elaborate variants of this architectural style: the Brabantine Gothic. This late version of Gothic is characterised by a profusion of decorations both in the interior and exterior of the buildings: filigrees and statuettes abound in the façades and interiors are colourfully lit up with the light that comes in through elaborate stain-glassed windows. Most of the buildings have tall and slender towers (bell towers and belfries) and usually a great number of turrets which make them easily recognisable. The flamboyant Gothic unique to Brabant and other nearby areas was used from the XIV to the XVI...
