Tell me more about these roadside chapels! I’m traveling in Wallonia and Flanders and see them everywhere. Tags:belgium 7 comments They’re called [veldkapel](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veldkapel) in Dutch. There’s no English Wiki page tho, nor a French one… As Smeerlapke mentioned, they are an expression of piety. ​ But in my area they are used as Stop for religious processions ( we renact some pilgrimages happening during the napoleonian era ( [https://www.amfesm.be/calendrier.php](https://www.amfesm.be/calendrier.php) ) & [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches_de_l’Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches_de_l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse) ​ We also more often then not have a route for easter where we stop at each chapel. If your street name is of religious connotation, you will most likely have a chappelle linked to it and locals maintain it and celebrate it as well. Read: ‘De Kapellekensbaan’ Louis Paul Boon. Farmers who were not always able to make it to mass on Sunday built these to safeguard their place in heaven and to have their harvests be plentiful. Im a farmer and i got 3 on my fields, they are maintained by the locals. Usualy people from Portugal or other very catholic countries. I also have one in my neighbourhood (very close to a city) that was built in the 50’s, so not all of them are very old or in a rural area Souvent on mettait des chapelles aux croisements de routes, ça correspondait aux croyances chrétiennes Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
They’re called [veldkapel](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veldkapel) in Dutch. There’s no English Wiki page tho, nor a French one…
As Smeerlapke mentioned, they are an expression of piety. ​ But in my area they are used as Stop for religious processions ( we renact some pilgrimages happening during the napoleonian era ( [https://www.amfesm.be/calendrier.php](https://www.amfesm.be/calendrier.php) ) & [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches_de_l’Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches_de_l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse) ​ We also more often then not have a route for easter where we stop at each chapel. If your street name is of religious connotation, you will most likely have a chappelle linked to it and locals maintain it and celebrate it as well.
Farmers who were not always able to make it to mass on Sunday built these to safeguard their place in heaven and to have their harvests be plentiful.
Im a farmer and i got 3 on my fields, they are maintained by the locals. Usualy people from Portugal or other very catholic countries.
I also have one in my neighbourhood (very close to a city) that was built in the 50’s, so not all of them are very old or in a rural area
Souvent on mettait des chapelles aux croisements de routes, ça correspondait aux croyances chrétiennes
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They’re called [veldkapel](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veldkapel) in Dutch. There’s no English Wiki page tho, nor a French one…
As Smeerlapke mentioned, they are an expression of piety.
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But in my area they are used as Stop for religious processions ( we renact some pilgrimages happening during the napoleonian era ( [https://www.amfesm.be/calendrier.php](https://www.amfesm.be/calendrier.php) ) & [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches_de_l’Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marches_de_l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse)
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We also more often then not have a route for easter where we stop at each chapel.
If your street name is of religious connotation, you will most likely have a chappelle linked to it and locals maintain it and celebrate it as well.
Read: ‘De Kapellekensbaan’ Louis Paul Boon.
Farmers who were not always able to make it to mass on Sunday built these to safeguard their place in heaven and to have their harvests be plentiful.
Im a farmer and i got 3 on my fields, they are maintained by the locals. Usualy people from Portugal or other very catholic countries.
I also have one in my neighbourhood (very close to a city) that was built in the 50’s, so not all of them are very old or in a rural area
Souvent on mettait des chapelles aux croisements de routes, ça correspondait aux croyances chrétiennes