In 1119, Waregem was already mentioned as a separate parish. In 1984, the remains of a Romanesque church were uncovered in Tournai stone and grey-green fieldstone. It was a three-aisled …

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Viviane

April 4, 2025

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It is a three-aisled hall church with a pseudo-transept and a crossing tower. The central facade is flanked by two stair towers. The church is made of Tournai sandstone and the square crossing tower is made of Balegem stone. The interior is in the classicist style of 1775-1777. The wainscoting with built-in confessionals and the communion bench also date from the 18th century. The painting Descent from the Cross from 1650 by Cornelis de Vos hangs in the church.

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April 7, 2025

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Before 1119, Waregem probably had a wooden church building. As soon as the city became part of the diocese of Tournai, a stone, Romanesque church was built. From 1500 onwards, the current church gradually acquired its current Gothic form in various phases: first a widening of the north aisle (early 19th century), then an extension (1838), the protected 58-metre-high tower (1858), the neo-Gothic facade (1868), and so on.

In recent decades, the focus of the deanery church has mainly been on the interior, including the restoration of the large organ with no fewer than 4,380 pipes.

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