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{{Short description|Church in Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium}}
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The '''Church of St. Clement''' ({{lang-fr|Église Saint-Clément}}, {{lang-nl|Sint-Clemenskerk}}) is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium. It is one of the earliest examples of Romanesque architecture in Belgium, dating from the 11th century.<ref name=Jaumain339>{{cite book|last=Jaumain|first=Serge|display-authors=et al|editor1-last=Jaumain|editor1-first=Serge|title=La Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.|date=2011|publisher=Editions Racine|location=Brussels|isbn=978-2-87386-585-6|edition=2nd|chapter=Watermael-Boitsfort|page=339}}</ref>

==History==
The oldest parts of the church, the nave and bell tower, date from the 11th century.<ref name=Jaumain339/> Various architectural features were added to the church when it was restored in 1871, during which work a number of historic tombstones were recovered.<ref name=Jaumain339/>

The municipality's second church, the Church of St. Philomena, was built in 1826.<ref name=Jaumain339/>

==See also==
* List of churches in Brussels
* Roman Catholicism in Belgium
* History of Brussels
* Culture of Belgium
* Belgium in the long nineteenth century

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.watermael-boitsfort.be/fr/commune/histoire/batiments-et-sites-remarquables#eglise-saint-cl-ment Eglise Saint-Clément] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115235115/http://www.watermael-boitsfort.be/fr/commune/histoire/batiments-et-sites-remarquables#eglise-saint-cl-ment |date=15 January 2017 }} at the official website of Watermael-Boitsfort


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