Namur Cathedral

This impressive Neo-Gothic abbey was founded in 1872 by Benedictine monks. The church achieves its most sublime spiritual dimensions during the four high points of the day when the monks come together to pray in the church or crypt: matins, mass, vespers and the evening service. Everyone is welcome to join. The abbey is still home to a community of monks. Visitors can take a guided tour of the Abbey by booking in advance.

The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Dinant was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, replacing a previous Romanesque church. Several events damaged the building, such as the sacking of Dinant in 1466 by Philip the Good and the passage of the troops of the Duke of Nevers in 1554. The collegiate church was completely restored in the 19th century under the direction of the architects Schoonejans, Jules-Jacques Van Ysendyck and Auguste Van Assche, whose work aimed to restore the stylistic unity of the 13th century. After being damaged by German troops during the First World War, the church had to be restored once again by the architect Chrétien Veraart between 1919 and 1923.

Villers Abbey was founded in 1146 by Bernard de Clairvaux and was one of the first "daughters" of the Abbey of Clairvaux. After a period of decline from the 14th to the 17th century, the abbey experienced a second golden age in the 18th century when some of its buildings were refurbished in the neoclassical style (facades of the church and the convent building). Sacked by the French Revolution and then confiscated by it as national property, its monks were then expelled and its estate sold in lots.