Sint-Dominicuskerk
Sint-Dominicuskerk stands in Antwerp as a neogothic church built into the city’s street wall. Its brick facade faces west and rises above the entrance in a tower. Three naves lead towards a straight-ended choir flanked by two side choirs.
Dominican fathers returned to Antwerp in 1905 after their expulsion by the French at the end of the eighteenth century. Louis Corthouts designed their monastery on Ploegstraat in 1912 and 1913. After the First World War, Frans Mertens designed the church, built between 1925 and 1926. Alfons Baggen created the relief set into the tympanum above the entrance. The interior contains a Stevens organ, while the building became a parish church in 1968. Deconsecration in 2002 brought a new chapter as Kievitsnest, a community centre for the neighbourhood.
Look above the doorway for Baggen’s relief, framed by pointed arches and the warm geometry of the brickwork.
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