The Cathedral of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. In Gothic style, its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans. The belfry of the cathedral is included in the Belfries of Belgium and France entry in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The church’s one finished spire is 123 metres (404 ft) high, the highest church tower in the Benelux. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor commented that the spire should be kept under glass, and Napoleon compared the spire to Mechlin lace. The largest bell in the tower requires 16 bell ringers. The west portal features statues which include the missionary Saint Willibrord. He is thought to have spent time in Antwerp in the 7th century.

The cathedral possesses some major works of art :

• The Raising of the Cross – Peter Paul Rubens
• Assumption of the Virgin Mary – Peter Paul Rubens
• The Descent from the Cross – Peter Paul Rubens

Two of these artworks were confiscated by Napoleon and moved to France, The Raising of the Cross (which was actually the main altar piece of the St Walburga church) and The Descent from the Cross, but were returned to the cathedral in the 19th century.

Inside the Cathedral some important graves still can be found, amongst them family members of the noble houses of Rubens, Fourment, Goubau, Tucher, Plantin, Moretus, de Borrekens, etc. Some stones were resited there after Saint-Michael’s abbey church was lost.