Open Churches Days at
Saint-Servais
Rue Joseph Martin
4450 Lantin (Juprelle)
Church | 1689 - 1715 | | Catholic Church
Open Churches Days
Free visit
01 June 2025 : 10.00 - 17.30We look forward to welcoming you to this pearl of late Baroque architecture, listed in its entirety since 1935 and restored in 1997. We'll tell you all about the history of this church, with its unconventional architecture as we know it today, the result of enlargement and embellishment work brilliantly conceived by the Curé Melchior Alexandre Verdin (1666-1742) in the late 17th century. We'll take you on a tour of the rich and sometimes surprising interior of this real jewel. You'll meet some exceptional people, including some of Alexandre Verdin's contemporaries.
We will also be showing an exhibition devoted to ‘400 years of voluntary work in prison’, produced and presented by the ASBL La Compagnie des visiteurs de prison de Liège.
We look forward to seeing you. The Lantin Church Wardens.
Price
FreeContact
Daniel Daemendaemen.daniel@skynet.be
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Fabrique d'égliseMore about this church
Description
The interior is a unique place, a mirror of the past and a testament to Baroque aesthetics. The high altar, its carved wooden niches and their statues - the two lovers and the two angels - are particularly noteworthy. The choir stalls and confessionals are of excellent quality. Tombstones, including that of Gabriel Jacques de Salignac, vice-general of Louis XV's armies.
But what really catches the eye are the coved coffered ceilings in the nave and choir. The central nave, covered by a barrel vault, has 72 coffered ceilings. The ceiling on the north side depicts scenes from the suffering life of Christ and the ceiling on the south side depicts the praises from the litanies of Loreto. The choir ceiling has 36 coffered panels.
The church was listed by royal decree on 25/01/1935.
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