Binche

The belfry, located in the town hall, dates back to the 14th century. Burned down by the French in 1554, it was soon restored in renaissance style. In the 18th century, a neoclassical decoration was put on the façade. An onion-shaped dome covers the belfry, which houses the chimes with several 16th-century bells.

Charleroi

Inaugurated in 1936, Charleroi owns the youngest belfry of French speaking Wallonia and Belgium. Like the belfry in Binche, it is part of the town hall and forms the main entry.

Mons

El Catiau, as he is fondly called in Mons, is a symbol of Mons' identity. Erected in the 17th century after the collapse of the bell tower in 1661, it is the only baroque belfry (285 feet high) in Belgium, classically decorated. The walls are made of Bray sandstone, the embellishments pillars and pilasters of blue stone.

Namur

Thuin

The belfry in Thuin, located on the Place Albert Ier, is the remaining tower of a church that was destructed in 1811 in order to create space for the square. Perfectly renovated with modern design technology, it has a splendid view.

Tournai

The belfry of Tournai is Belgium's oldest belfry. Thanks to restoration works, all the rooms along its 257 steps are now open to the public. Tip: go first to the Tourist Office and see the film about the city history ("The Passage of Time") before you discover the belfry and the film telling all about it.

National Holy Heart Basilica Museum for Religious Art (Koekelberg)

This is the fifth biggest church in the world. It is used as a place for prayers and peace but it is also used for important celebrations.

The Basilica plays a big role in culture as well, as it is a beautiful Art Deco monument with two museums and adding to that it has a wonderful view over Brussels.

Cathedral of Saints Michael & Gudule

Built in 1225 on the top of a hill, the cathedral reflects the three stages of the gothic style in its construction. It is a remarkable building because of the remnants of the old Roman collegiate church, its 16th century stained-glass windows, the statues of the apostles in the nave, the baroque style "chair of truth", its treasure and its large organ.

Cathedrale de Saints Archangs Michel et Gabriel

It is an orthodox cathedral near the Grand Place and it was built in 1874. There are 150 icons in the church which hosts the relics of St. Nektarios of Aegina, of Saint Raphael, Saint Nicolas and Sainte Irene of Lesbos.

The restoration work has preserved most of the church, even the roman catholic features such as the stained glass windows and a cruces.

Eglise Notre Dame de Laeken

It was built in the 19th century, dedicated to the first belgian Queen Louise - Marie and holds the Royal Cript. There are numerous famous persons that are buried in the cemetery. For example Michel de Ghelderode, Poelaert, Balat, Suys and Charles de Beriot.

Eglise Saint Denis

It was built several centuries ago.

The territory is occupied mostly by industrial buildings, like Audi but it is also the center of the forest with the city hall and municipal administration departments.

The place was, however, completely renewed in 2003 and the whole neighborhood is changing since then. There are flee markets held on the place and the creation of new buildings has brought a lot of population to the area.

Church of Notre Dame du Sablon

Built in the 15th and 16th centuries, Notre Dame du Sablon is noted for its four-fold gallery with brightly colored stained-glass windows (illuminated from the inside at night), which make a striking contrast with the gray-white Gothic arches and walls.

Church of Notre Dame de la Chapelle

Construction began on the church in 1210 and was completed by the end of the 13th century. It marks the period of transition between the Romanesque and Gothic styles; the transept and choir are Romanesque-Gothic, while most of the remainder is in the flamboyant Gothic style. Renaissance painter, Pieter Bruegel was buried here.

Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude

The collegiate church of Nivelles was consecrated in 1046 by Wazon, bishop of Liège, in presence of Henry III, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and is the city's masterpiece. The interior of this imposing Roman style sanctuary impresses through its dimensions.

It is one of the most beautiful churches in Belgium. There is a big perish community that belongs to the church and they make the church a vibrant place. They welcome everybody in their church.

Eglise Saint Medard

This church was built in the 13th century as is a real jewel of this region. It is built in Romanesque and Gothic style and made out of white limestone.

The surroundings of the church is very nice, there is a paved square with trees from where you can view the whole area. There are also really nice houses that make this a very charming place.

Cathedrale de Saint Paul de Liège

The Cathedral of St. Paul of Liège is part of the religious heritage of Liège. Founded in the tenth century, it was rebuilt in the thirteenth to the fifteenth century and restored in the mid-nineteenth century. The gothic building phase began after 1333 and included the four western bays of the nave, the side door, chapels of the aisles, the polygonal apse and finally the tower (from 1390).

Eglise Saint Jean L’Evangeliste

This romanesque church was built between 980 and 988. In the 18th century they built the central building on the foundations of the old building in a neoclassical style. There are models in the church that show how the building has been changed over the centuries. Even though there were so many changes the concept of the building always kept it centralized.

Basilica de Notre Dame de Chevremont

This Basilica was built in 1899 and is dedicated to the Virgin and it is a pilgrimage place with a big past. There is a carmelites convent next to it.

It had suffered a lot of damage in both world wars.

Near the entrance there is grand painting that tells 2000 years of history of this place.

Collegiate church of Notre Dame in Huy

This gothic church was built in 1311 and completed by 1536. There is a large rosette with new stained glass in the church; its external diameter is 9 Meters. On the outside there is an enormous turn of square plan formerly surmounted by an arrow.

Eglise Notre Dame des Recolets

This church was completed in 1650 and it has undergone many restorations. This long building is made out of limestone and has only one nave and a bell tower that was added in 1892.

Inside you can find the chapel of the virgin.

The church is very famous for the statue of the Black Madonna and her child that was carved in the 17th century.

Eglise Notre Dame et Saint Remacle in Spa

This church was built in 1885 and in the center of Spa and is made of granite. As it is typical for the Rhenish Romanesque style it looks older, however.

Inside you can find many painted works and six beautiful wooden statues in the upper part of the nave that represent various saints.

Queen Marie - Henriette who lived in Spa for a long time offered the stained glass of the church. She always went to the mass on Sunday and the funeral of her husband, King Leopold the second, was held in this church in 1902.

Eglise Immaculee Conception in Sougne - Remouchamps

This church was in 1744 in the Rhenish Style made out of limestone. It is famous among people who adore the rural simplicity of this place.

The interior is painted all in white and the church has only one nave which is kept alight by twelve windows that are all made of stained glass.

Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Poor (Banneux)

From 15 January to 2 March 1933, Mary appeared eight times to Mariette Béco, a young girl aged 11 years. Possibility to go to Banneux from Brussels by train to Liege or Verviers and then transfer by bus.

Cathedrale Saint Aubain de Namur

In 1648 it was decided to combine the old church of St - Aubain, which remaind as the old tower, and the parish church of St. John in one building. Jean - Baptiste Chermanne was the builder of the cathedral and he completed his work in 1767.

The style of the cathedral is thypical for the mid - eighteenth century, combining Baroque, Rococo and Classicism.

Collegiate church of Saint Begge in Andenne

This church made out of limestone from the Meuse lies in a beautiful square a little bit outside of the center of the town. The church was founded in 692 by Sainte Begge who was the sister of Sainte Gertrude de Nivelles. She was considered the protector of children which is why children's shoes have been placed on the tomb to obtain protection.

Collegiate church of Notre Dame in Dinant

This church was built in primarily gothic style. It is divided by three naves that all have windows on their own dating back to the 15th century and features remarkably beautiful stained glass.

Sanctuary of Beauraing

Mary appeared to five children at Beauraing: Fernande, Gilberte, Albert, Andrew, and Gilbert in thirty-three apparitions from November 19, 1932, until January 3, 1933. Beauraing is located in the Belgian province of Namur. Possibility to go to Beauraing from Brussels by train with one change in the city of Dinant (2h15).

Cathedral de Notre Dame de Tournai

The Notre Dame de Tournai is an architectural jewel with its crown of fice towers and it is one of the most amazing building from the Middle Ages in central - western Europe.

As the cathedrale has been in the Tournai landscapes for centuries, obviously it hasnt been immune to changes that are not only good. But the restoration work is a solution to many of the problems.

Basilica Saint Christophe in Charleroi

This church, originally meant to be a chapel, was built in 1722 but has undergone a lot of changes ever since. The most remarkable change was made in the 1950’s when the Basilica started to look like a byzantine Basilica.

There is a huge mosaic behind the choir that was made from millions of pieces of colored glass or covered with thin gold leaf. The reconstruction of the basilica after the 1940-45 war was born from the emotion created by the massacre of twenty hostages by the Rexists just a few days before liberation in 1944.The authorities wanted a memorial of these tragic events to remember the victims and to be vigilant against intolerance and violence.

Collegiate church of Sainte Waudru, Mons

This collegiate church is dedicated to worship holy Waudru who lived in the 7th century . It was built between the 10th and the 11th century and was blooming in the 15th century where the chapter actually owned land and houses around Mons.

Collegiate church of Saint Vincent  in Soignes

This church is dedicated to Saint Vincent whose name was given by Madelgaire who lived in the 7th century and built the church as a sign of conversion to Christianity. Saint Vincent has been a very important presence in Soignes since the early Middle Ages so the church is a reference to the community in terms of origins, values and identity.

Eglise Saint Brice in Tournai

Tournai is famous for its Cathedral but thats why we shouldn’t forget about the many other beautiful buildings of the city.

The church of Brice dates back to the 12th century and is located nearby the station on Tournai which is why, sadly, it was badly damaged by the bombs of the second world war. The reconstruction was completed by 1954.

The building is in  Romanesque and gothic style, surrounded by plantations on a beautiful little square. The visit to the interior provides a nice sense of space, meditation and light favored by quality lighting.

Basilica Notre Dame de Bon Secours

The Basilica of Bon Secours is a remarkable Gothic Revival church building and a pilgrimage site in the French-Belgian border.

Since the seventeenth century, pilgrims venerate the statue of the Black Madonna that protected the villagers against a plague epidemic.

A branch of the oak used to sculpt the statue of the Black Madonna.

Everything inside the home evokes the Gothic vaults and even imitate the high summits and recreate the dark wood that housed the statue of the Virgin.

The octagonal monument, surrounded by a corolla of chapels, replaced a small chapel in 1885 and was promoted basilica in 1910.

Eglise Notre Dame du Rosaire in Aubange

The church was built in Neo - Romanesque style in 1902. It has beautiful statues in its interior, notably one of Notre Dame de Lorette. The altar is Rhenish - Gothic and the stained glass windows are both, ancient and modern.

Basilica de Saint Hubert

It was built in 1525 and has a very large history. It was announced a minor Basilica in 1927 by Pope Pius XI, commemorating the 1200th anniversary os Saint Hubert. In 1938 it was announced a major Basilica and in in 1996 it became an archeological crypt.

Sanctuaire Saint Antoine Manhay

This shrine is one of the oldest pilgrimage sites in Belgium. The present church, however, only dates back to the 19th century.

A lot of people seek this church for prayers as it with its candles, pictures, plaques of appreciation shows so much the devotion of the people who love this charming church.