Photo by iimil P. Albrecht 



THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. ROMBOLD, AT MAI.INES, Blil^GlUM 



It was built from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries and is one of the stateliest in 

 Belgium, and rich in pictures. The tower was to have been "the tallest in Christendom," 

 "but was never completed. Its present height is 324 feet. The skeleton faces of the clock 

 which adorn the tower on its four sides are 43 feet in diameter. Malines is a city of about 

 70,000 population, situated on the Dyle River about midway between Antwerp and Brussels. 

 It IS in a sense the religious capital of Belgium, the archbishop residing there and being the 

 primate ofthe Catholic church in that country. It gave the name Mechlin to a famous lace. 

 The town is a very quiet one in spite of the fact that it is one of Belgium's most important 

 railroad centers. The cathedral was almost entirely erected with money contributed by 

 pilgrims who flocked there to obtain indulgences issued by Pope Nicholas V. During the 

 present war it has been the center of much fighting. 



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