The Waalse kerk (Walloon Church, also called Franch church) is a Baroque temple dating from the 18th century. It was built to serve as a place of worship for the French-speaking Protestants after the conquest of Maastricht by Frederick Henry Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau.
This basilica is also known as the "Star of the Sea". It is unknown when exactly the first church was built on this site and it is speculated that, given its location withing the former Roman Castrum, it was previously a temple to Jupiter. The present church was built in the 11th and 12th centuries in a gothic and romanesque style. The church also contains an important treasury room that was emptied during occupation by Napoleon's forces, but today contains several important religious artifacts from around the 14th century.
St. Janskerk
The 13th-century Dominican Church in Maastricht, now Boekhandel Dominicanen, showcases magnificent Gothic architecture, including ceiling and wall paintings. It served as a monastery before becoming a bookstore in 2006.
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