HERITAGE AND TOURISM
Open Churches Days at
Saint-Didier
Place communale
5080 Rhisnes (La Bruyère)
Church | | | Catholic Church
IMEP concert
Concert
01 June 2025 : 17.00 - 18.30Concert given by students at the Institut Royal de Musique et Pédagogie de Namur (IMEP).
Price
Free contributionContact
Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture+32 478 39 22 76
monique.noirhomme@unamur.be
Organizers:
Maison de la Mémoire Rurale / IMEPOther events at Saint-Didier
Guided tour
01 June 2025 : 11.00 - 16.30
01 June 2025 : 11.00 - 16.30
The tour will showcase a building constructed in 1841 in neo-classical style on the site of the former parish church. Comments will focus on the stained glass windows, the many reliquaries, altars, pulpit, the thirteen-stop organ dating from 1859, the bells, the tombstones and the most striking chapels. The tour will be rounded off with a visit to the adjoining old cemetery and the listed site of the presbytery. Schedule: 11.00am-2.00pm-3.30pm
More about this church
Description
Saint-Didier church is located in Rhisnes (part of La Bruyère). It is a neo-classical building with 3 naves, dating from 1841. It was designed by the architect Félix Blanpain. The building boasts magnificent stained glass windows depicting various saints venerated in the parish. A festival of colour and light! The church is also home to a number of tombstones and reliquaries. The church is surrounded by an ancient cemetery. To the north of the church is the 18th-century presbytery, set in a walled garden.
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