Temple des Augustins [SEP] architect
Temple des Augustins
The Temple des Augustins (French for "Temple of the Augustinians", alternatively "Eglise des Augustins"; Dutch: "Augustijnenkerk") in Brussels was a baroque-style church designed by the architect Jacob Franquart and erected in 1621–1642. It was located on De Brouckère Square in the centre of Brussels until its demolition in 1893–1894.
History.
Closed by French revolutionary troops in 1796, the only remaining part of a convent, the church reopened for Roman Catholic worship in 1805.
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by Rohault de Fleury as the architect of the Opéra in 1846 and shortly after the February Revolution of 1848 was dismissed as inspector general.
Among his students and apprentices was Antoine-Nicolas Bailly.
Achievements.
- Restoration of several theaters and buildings of the École des Beaux-Arts (1822–1832), set in the old musée des monuments français, founded in 1795 in the former Couvent des Petits Augustins, and closed by Louis XVIII in 1816. This work was continued by his brother-in-law Félix