Dinant (Belgian Ardennes) by WILBERT HEIJKOOP photography

About "Dinant (Belgian Ardennes)"

by WILBERT HEIJKOOP photography

About the artwork

The citadel of Dinant is a citadel in the Belgian city of Dinant. The citadel is built near a rock, close to the city center, 100 meters higher than the water surface of the Meuse River. The citadel has been home to a historical and weapons museum since the end of World War II. Access to the citadel is provided, among other things, by a cable car.

The Collegiate Church Our Lady of Dinant (French: Collégiale Notre-Dame) in the Belgian city of Dinant is a collegiate church from the 13th century. It is an example of the Meuse Gothic style in the Principality of Liège. The building is constructed entirely of the gray limestone of Dinant.

A church in Romanesque style was built here in the 10th century, but it was destroyed in 1227, when a piece of overhanging rock came down. This killed 36 people. Only the Romanesque north portal survived. The church was rebuilt in Meuse Gothic style. A new Gothic choir and transept were completed around 1250. The three-aisled nave and towers followed around 1280. In 1566 it received its rather distinctive, pear-shaped bell tower, which characterizes the image of Dinant today. This bell tower was originally intended for the town hall. Behind the three short naves the transept juts out. The transept and nave were given new vaults at the end of the 16th century. The choir has an impressive corridor but no chapels. Academic restorations were carried out both in the 19th century and after a bombing raid in 1914.