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Location: Geraardsbergen, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Dominiek Van Dooren

December 11, 2024

The church contains colorful murals and has a beautiful interior, thanks in part to the baroque pulpit. The painting: The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew is worth mentioning.

You can visit the church:

From April 1 to October 31, open from Monday to Sunday from 8:30 to 18:00.

From November 1 to March 31, open from Monday to Sunday from 8:30 to 16:00.

(Flemish Masters)

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Jeff S

July 22, 2024

St. Bartholomew's Church...

The 12th-century Capelle of Our Lady ter Maerct originally stood here... In the 16th century it was enlarged and given a Gothic appearance that is very similar to that of the church in 2012... The iconoclasts lived here in 1566. .. During adjustment and repair works between 1580 and 1618, the Gothic was replaced by Baroque while the major renovation (1876-1895) attempted to restore the original Gothic style... The high hipped roof also dates from that period.

The St. Bartholomew's Church is a church with three naves, a transept, a choir with an ambulatory and radiant chapels... The St. Adrian's Chapel is the only one that has preserved the original Baroque altar... Adrianus is, together with Bartholomew, patron saint of the city... .

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Viviane

July 11, 2025

The church's origins lie in the 12th-century Chapel of Our Lady of the Maerct. In 1515, the relic of Saint Bartholomew was brought in a solemn procession from the neighboring village of Sint-Martens-Lierde to Geraardsbergen. The late Gothic parish church henceforth bears the name of this apostle-martyr. Bartholomew is invoked against nervous and skin diseases, and is, among other things, the patron saint of tanners. The saint's relic is housed in a magnificent silver shrine (1719).

In the mid-eighteenth century, the time was ripe for a modification to the French rococo style. The town hall, too, was adapted. The Geraardsbergen carpenter-sculptor Gilles de Ville and several colleagues created various ornate pieces of furniture, including the naturalistic pulpit.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Ghent architect August Van Assche drastically turned the clock back to the Middle Ages. The church regains its Gothic exterior. Inside, a magnificent neo-Gothic interior, inspired by Louis Bert de l’Arbre, now shines, with the choir as its centerpiece. The godfather of neo-Gothic architecture in Geraardsbergen is so delighted with the prestigious commission that he painted the choir and transept entirely free of charge. Uniquely, the interior has been exceptionally well preserved, from the stained-glass windows and altarpieces to the shining lights on the choir stalls. This is almost unheard of in Flanders.

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Distance 238 m

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 0 m

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Location: Geraardsbergen, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

Geraardsbergen Church

1. Raspaillebos Trailhead – Beautiful farm road loop from Geraardsbergen

2. Raspaillebos Trailhead – Raspaillebos Entrance loop from Kleine Buizemont

3. Kleine Molenberg – Manneken Pis of Geraardsbergen loop from Geraardsbergen

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