The future of parish churches in Flanders, Belgium: a dialogue on municipality level
This paper provides an overview of the actual discussion on the future of circa 1800 parish churches in Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Secularisation and dwindling church attendance is similar to the rest of North-Western Europe, but two factors let slightly differ the issue of underused or abandoned churches in Flanders: (1) 99% of Flemish parish churches are Roman-Catholic, (2) the functioning of fabric committees, public administrations which are nominated by the bishop and financially supported by the Municipalities. After a historical introduction, the method which... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | In_Bo, Vol 7, Iss 10, Pp 146-166 (2017) |
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University of Bologna
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Schlagwörter: | Flanders / Fabric Committees / Municipalities / Dialogue / Database / Architectural drawing and design / NA2695-2793 / Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying / NA9000-9428 |
Sprache: | Englisch Italian |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27392206 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-1602/6597 |