What to do and see in Wallonia, Wallonia: The Best Sacred & Religious Sites

May 9, 2022 Velvet Mowry

Discover the best top things to do in Wallonia, Belgium including Wat Thai Dhammaram, Abbaye de Villers, Eglise St-Barthelemy (Church of St. Bartholomew), Collegiale Sainte-Waudru, Collegiale Saint-Ursmer de Lobbes, Shrine of Our Lady of Banneux, Saint James Church, Abbaye d'Orval, Eglise Saint-Nicolas-en-Havre, Institut Tibetain Yeunten Ling asbl.
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1. Wat Thai Dhammaram

Chaussee de Louvain 71, Waterloo 1410 Belgium +32 2 385 28 55 http://www.watthaidhammaram.be
Excellent
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5.0 based on 7 reviews

Wat Thai Dhammaram

2. Abbaye de Villers

Rue de l'Abbaye 55, Villers-la-ville 1495 Belgium +32 71 88 09 80 [email protected] http://www.villers.be
Excellent
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4.5 based on 435 reviews

Abbaye de Villers

Villers Abbey (abbaye de Villers) is an ancient Cistercian abbey located near the town of Villers-la-Ville, 50 minutes from Brussels. Founded in 1146, the abbey was abandoned in 1796. Most of the site has since fallen into ruins.

Reviewed By NoeB1 - Antwerp, Belgium

This monastery that was built in the Middle Ages was a great find. The atmosphere of the old ruins is magnificent! If you are into photography this is a nice place to take some great pictures! This place breaths history. Till June there is an exhibition of the photographer Matthieu Ricard. After I visited the museum I walked 10 km in the woods. There are different marked walks that you can do.

3. Eglise St-Barthelemy (Church of St. Bartholomew)

Place Saint-Barthelemy, Liege 4000 Belgium +32 4 250 23 72 http://www.st-barthelemy.be
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4.5 based on 219 reviews

Eglise St-Barthelemy (Church of St. Bartholomew)

Reviewed By 933thierryf

when we attended the coteaux, we were able to visit this church that show again the display of marble floor, a baptism place dating from several hundreds years, typical catholic church

4. Collegiale Sainte-Waudru

Place du Chapitre, Mons 7000 Belgium +32 475 64 28 78 [email protected] http://www.waudru.be
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4.5 based on 508 reviews

Collegiale Sainte-Waudru

Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom

The Saint Waltrude Collegiate Church is the magnificent building of Mons. Even from the outside, one can see the church is of Gothic design, although the southern section is covered in scaffolding due to restoration work. The Gothic design is much more obvious from the inside with straight lines of incredible height. Part of that is down to the hardness of the stone used and even now looks so solid. As you can guess from the name, the church is named in honour of Saint Waltrude, whose shrine and reliquary can also be found inside. Her head can be found in the chapel dedicated to her and the reliquary containing her body is held above the high altar for all to see. The church also has some chapels with important sculptures and paintings such as those by Jacques du Broeucq and Peter Paul Rubens. The chapel of Saint Peter is unexpected as it has a wooden sculpture of death to symbolically represent the passage of time, as well as an alabaster sculpture of Jesus symbolically handing over the keys of heaven to Peter. There's also a free downloadable audio guide, which is good enough to help you understand the history of the church as well as giving good commenter on all the chapels.

5. Collegiale Saint-Ursmer de Lobbes

Ruelle de l'Eglise, Lobbes 6540 Belgium
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4.5 based on 17 reviews

Collegiale Saint-Ursmer de Lobbes

6. Shrine of Our Lady of Banneux

Rue de l'Esplanade 57, Banneux 4141 Belgium
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4.5 based on 67 reviews

Shrine of Our Lady of Banneux

7. Saint James Church

Rue du Palais Saint-Jacques, Tournai 7500 Belgium http://www.saint-jacques-tournai.be
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4.5 based on 56 reviews

Saint James Church

Reviewed By nmhiker2015 - Las Cruces, United States

This church looks a little sad from the outside, but has some amazing finds on the inside. First, as you go in there is a large carved trumpeting angel which is very impressive. Inside the church, there are several lovely stained glass windows, and the vaulted ceiling above the altar has some remnants of very pretty blue. The best feature is the barrel vaulted ceiling in the main part of the church. There were a couple of boards - unfortunately not in English - that show an up close detailed view of this unique ceiling. Stop by, enjoy the view, and drop a Euro or two in the box to help them maintain and improve this little gem.

8. Abbaye d'Orval

Orval n 1, Orval 6823 Belgium +32 61 31 10 60 http://www.orval.be
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4.5 based on 385 reviews

Abbaye d'Orval

9. Eglise Saint-Nicolas-en-Havre

Rue d'Havre, Mons 7000 Belgium +32 65 84 47 39 [email protected] http://www.saintnicolasmons.be
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4.5 based on 30 reviews

Eglise Saint-Nicolas-en-Havre

Reviewed By SandyD867

Beautiful church!! Enjoyed being able to attend Mass, take in the beauty of the church. I love Catholic Churches that teach even there isn't Mass...

10. Institut Tibetain Yeunten Ling asbl

Chateau du Fond l'Eveque, Promenade Saint-Jean l'Agneau 4, Huy, Huy Belgium +32 85 27 11 88 http://www.institut-tibetain.org
Excellent
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4.5 based on 23 reviews

Institut Tibetain Yeunten Ling asbl

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