Open Churches Days at
Saint-Firmin
Rue Foresterie 43
4600 Richelle (Visé)
Church | 1777 | | Catholic Church
Saint-Firmin, open church
Organ concert
01 June 2025 : 09.30 - 12.30 and 13.30 - 17.00The church at Richelle, built in 1777, will soon be celebrating its 250th anniversary; a renovation project is currently underway. The church boasts some fine period pieces, archives and an organ of exceptional quality dating from 1855.
Price
FreeContact
Vincent Briard+32 4 379 35 10
+32 478 65 91 94
vincent@briard.be
Organizers:
Qualité Village Wallonie - Les rendez-vous de RichelleMore about this church
Description
The current church was built in 1777. It features a massive square brick tower, harpooned at the corners, rising three storeys high and set off by a limestone entablature, crowned by an eight-sided spire. This spire only dates from 1942, as the older, squarer spire was damaged during the war, as were the ridges of the bell tower. These were originally made of brick, but were replaced by stone rubble.
The work on the church had been commissioned by Baron Joseph van Zuylen (father of the former bishop) to keep the Richellois busy and avoid compulsory labour in Germany.
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