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St Jean et Etienne aux Minimens / Rue des Minimens

A church first finished in 1715 which was originally attached to the old Minimens convent. It has since been demolished and rebuilt. The building is said to mark the transition phase from Flemish Baroque to Classicism.

The exterior of the church and the street on which it is situated feature heavily in the final episode of Secret Army: The Execution. It is here that Monique and Durnford are married (the ceremony was filmed at Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington, London) and after the service is over that the end of the war is celebrated in the street. During the victory peels other churches in Brussels including the Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula and the Notre Dame du Sablon are shown

The Rue Des Minimes today

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