Kerselare (also Kerzelare) is a hamlet and pilgrimage site in
Edelare, a village belonging to the municipality of
Oudenaarde in the province of
East Flanders
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, Belgium. Kerselare is located on the
Edelareberg
Edelareberg is a hill in Oudenaarde, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 80 m, it is one of the many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes. The top of the Edelareberg is in the village of Edelare, from which the hill ...
, the highest point of Edelare
Kerselare is host to a pilgrimage chapel, which origins goes back to the 15th century. A Mary statue had been placed underneath a cherry tree (''Kerselaar'' in Dutch),
and several miracles had occurred.
Later inns were later built to the north and east of the site.
A new chapel in
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style was constructed in 1614. This chapel underwent renovation in 1887, but was destroyed by a fire in 1961. A new, post-modernic chapel building arose
[Koenraad DE WOLF, ''Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Art Deco en Modernisme (1918-1965)'' , 2000, p. 90 and pp.132-133.] in 1966.
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Catholic pilgrimage sites
Oudenaarde
Populated places in East Flanders
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