Saint-Paul Church, Clairfayts
St Paul's Church in Clairfayts was founded in 1556, on the initiative of the monks of the Abbey of Liessies to which the village belonged. It is a classified Historical Monument since 1920.
About this building
It is built of brick and stone in a late and very sober gothic style. In the 16th century a major champagne of church reconstruction gives form to the “hennuyer gothic style” characterised by the use of local materials; blue stone, brick and wood.
The buildings are often of modest size but very harmonious. In the cemetery, near the church entrance, can be found the mausoleum of the princely family of Croy-Solre. The last burial took place in 1961, and was that of Prince Reginald, Belgian Ambassador to the Vatican.
More information about this church at https://openchurches.eu/en-fr/churches/saint-paul-clairfayts-ndf
