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The Church of Our Lady of the Sablon is a Roman Catholic church located in the Sablon/Zavel district, in the historic center of Brussels, Belgium. It was built in the 15th century and was patronized by the nobility and wealthy citizens of Brussels. The church is characterized by its late Brabantine Gothic exterior and rich interior decoration, including two Baroque chapels. Its neo-Gothic decorative elements date from the 19th century. Designated as a historic monument in 1936, this splendid architectural gem stands along the Rue de la Régence / Regentschapsstraat, halfway between the Place Royale/Koningsplein and the Palace of Justice. It is also close to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts and across the street from the Square du Petit Sablon/Kleine Zavelsquare. The church is served by the tram stop Petit Sablon / Kleine Zavel (on lines 92 and 93) 123. The origin of the church dates back to the early 13th century, when the Duke of Brabant granted privileges to the Noble Serment of Crossbowmen to use a plot at the Sablon/Zavel as an exercise ground. Nearly a century later, in 1304, the Guild of the brothers and sisters of Saint John’s Hospital ceded an area adjacent to the Sablon to the Crossbowmen’s Guild, where they built a modest chapel dedicated to Our Lady. This chapel became that of the Crossbowmen’s Guild. Legend has it that the chapel gained fame after a devout woman named Beatrijs Soetkens had a vision in which the Virgin Mary instructed her to steal the miraculous statue of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw op 't Stocxken (“Our Lady on the little stick”) in Antwerp, bring it to Brussels, and place it in the chapel of the Crossbowmen’s Guild 14.