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St. Peter's Church

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Location: De Panne, Veurne, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Viviane

July 8, 2023

It is a three-aisled brick oriented hall church in neo-Gothic style, with the naves all under a saddle roof. The tower was built against the north aisle in the northwest. This tower has buttresses and is crowned by four corner towers and an octagonal spire.

The church space is vaulted by wooden pointed barrel vaults.

The furniture is neo-Gothic. There is a 16th century painting, the Descent from the Cross, copied after Rogier Van der Weyden.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 13, 2025

St. Peter's Church was the first church in De Panne, built in the late 1870s on land donated by the Calmeyn-Bortier family. The church was intended for the residents of the hamlet of De Panne (formerly also called Josephdorp and Kerckepanne).

History:

In 1877, when De Panne was still a fishing hamlet of Adinkerke, the Calmeyn-Bortier family added a chapel to De Panne. The tower was added in 1936, when the church had long since moved away from the center of the municipality due to the construction of the Dumont district.

Deconsecrated church becomes Library of the future:

St. Peter's Church De Panne will become the library of the future in De Panne.

The library of the future is an open, multifunctional space that can easily be adapted. With acoustic curtains, bookcases on casters, modular table systems, and rotating shelves, the space can be flexibly divided or expanded. The reading café will have its own dedicated space just outside the church. By doubling the perimeter of the existing choir with a new volume, the building unfolds like a fan to its surroundings – a generous and inviting gesture.

The library will be housed in the main volume of the church. Thanks to the openness of the space, it not only offers space for reading and studying but also lends itself to multipurpose use.

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Martin Jokisch

March 10, 2019

A beautiful church in the great village of De Panne

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Location: De Panne, Veurne, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

St. Peter's Church

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2. Krakeelduinen Nature Reserve – View of the Dune Reserve loop from De Panne

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