Name: The Church of Sainte-Adèle and Saint-Martin
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Location: Orp-Jauche, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Jeff S

July 14, 2023

Nice example of the church builder...

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Willem VS

January 10, 2022

The listed church of Sainte-Adèle and Saint-Martin is a prestigious example of Romanesque architecture. Impressive dimensions (50 x 25 m) for a village church, the building was built in the 12th century, but was destroyed on 13 May 1940 by a serious fire leaving only walls. To restore it, they even reopened after the war a quarry, long abandoned, to extract the stone of Orp, the same stone used in the 12th century, to restore in particular the walls of the nave in their original purity.

The excavations of the restoration have uncovered a beautiful crypt-hall from the 8th century, of which we had lost all traces. It is cross-vaulted and supported by six cross-shaped pillars.

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Also inside it is a beautiful church, unfortunately the crypt is closed.

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June 8, 2025

What a beautiful Romanesque church. Definitely visit the inside if you can and don't miss the beautiful church path and the area around the church.

A small "placement": "Together with the collegiate church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles and the church of Bertem, it is one of the most representative sanctuaries of Romanesque art in Brabant. It was also the abbess Gertrude of Nivelles herself who sent Adela to Orp to found a monastery there" - see coeurdelardenne.be/details/ALD-1H-03HW-0001&type=11

Saint Adela, or Adela of Pfalzel, after whom the church is partly named, lived in the seventh and eighth centuries and also founded the monastery of Pfalzel. Incidentally, she lived for a long time in a palace in Nivelles that she received from her brother-in-law Pepin of Herstal.

You can read more about the church itself on the information board on site and in other comments. It is also extensively documented.

In this regard, for heritage enthusiasts, you may want to virtually meet Lucie Lecomte, a student at the Université catholique de Louvain who has been mentioned several times in the French-language media this year. After all, she inventoried all the movable heritage of the church. Otherwise, just read her own account (written in French) at cipar.be/2025/01/06/eglise-saints-martin-et-adele-dorp-le-grand-temoignage-de-la-realisation-de-son-inventaire

There you can read about the church that it dates from the 11th century and was listed as a monument in 1937. It suffered major damage during the fires of 1674 and 1940, which made reconstruction and restoration campaigns necessary.

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Location: Orp-Jauche, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

The Church of Sainte-Adèle and Saint-Martin

1. Statue The Pensendraaier – Beautiful hiking trail loop from Pellaines

2. Statue The Pensendraaier – Beautiful hiking trail loop from Petit-Hallet

3. Moulin Bernar – Chapel loop from Pellaines

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