The Brussels Carmel was a Discalced Carmelite convent in the City of Brussels, founded in 1607 by Ana de Jesús at the behest of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.Cordula van Wyhe, "Piety and Politics in the Royal Convent of Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Brussels 1607-1646", Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique, 100/2 (2005), pp. 457-487. The church and convent were designed by Wenceslas Cobergher in an Italianate style inspired by the Roman church of Santa Maria in Traspontina."Cobergher, Wenceslas", in Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art, edited by Gordon Campbell (Oxford University Press, 2009), p. 388. The monastery was suppressed in 1785.
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Further reading Germaine de Jésus, Le Carmel royal de Bruxelles (Brussels, 1948) Charles Terlinden, "Le Carmel royal de Bruxelles (1607-1657)", Cahiers bruxellois 2 (1957), pp. 11–35.