The Sint-Walburgakerk is an icon in the Oudenaarde cityscape and far beyond. You can see the majestic tower in many places in the Flemish Ardennes. After an earlier example was destroyed by fire in 1116, reconstruction started in 1150. In 1414 there were plans to rebuild the church in Brabant Gothic, but these were only partly carried out due to a lack of money (only the benden church and the tower). A Baroque spire was installed in 1620, but when it burned down after a lightning strike in 1804, they did without it. Not only does it seem so, but you can actually see two half-churches built against each other. The oldest part consists largely of Tournai stone, the younger part of Balegem stone.
Even inside you sometimes think that the building consists of two parts because of the contrast between the high and clear nave with the lower and dark early Gothic choir. Although much was lost during the Iconoclasm in the 16th century, there is still quite a wealth of works of art to admire, especially baroque. You will see numerous sculptures (in wood and stone), old tapestries and paintings. In the side chapels, dedicated to saints, are wooden and marble altars.
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