Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude
- Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude
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Collégiale Church Saint Gertrude
Nave of the Collégiale Saint Gertrude
The Westwork of Saint Gertrude
The Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude is a historical building in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belgium consecrated in 1046 by Wazon, bishop of Liège in the presence of emperor Henry III. It is an example of Mosan art.
Claudine Ronnay-Docmans writes in the Patrimoine majeur de Wallonie that the interior dimensions recall: "the splendour of the Ottonian liturgy, as people is able to know it for the abbey of Essen (Germany)". [1]
The Westwork, (German: Westwerk) has been reconstructed. Its current form (voted by the population of Nivelles[clarification needed]), is the result of a long reconstruction finished in 1984, following severe damage through bombing in May 1940.
Burials
Notes
- ^ Patrimoine majeur de Wallonie, Namur, 1993, p. 45. ISBN 2874010154
Coordinates: 50°35′51″N 4°19′25″E / 50.5975°N 4.3235°E / 50.5975; 4.3235
Categories:
- Wallonia's Major Heritage
- Romanesque architecture in Belgium
- Mosan art
- Churches in Belgium
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