The Yeunten Ling Tibetan Institute is a Buddhist complex located in the Bishop's Castle since the 1980s. The complex includes a temple ("Thubten Shedrub Ling"), a library, meeting rooms, as well as about 50 studios and single rooms. The Yeunten Ling Institute has become one of the most important Dharma centres in Europe. Thousands of people gathered for the consecration of the Buddha statue by the Dalai Lama in 2012.
Discovering Saint-Remacle church is a bit like taking a step back in time to the Middle Ages and its spirituality. It is said to be the thousand-year-old building, even if the current nave, built on former sanctuaries, actually dates back to the 12th century. The visitor is struck, from the outside, by the proportions of the church, characteristic of the early Romanesque period, with its massive bell tower, small windows and masonry punctuated by fine pilasters.
Located at the foot of Cointe hill not far from the station of Guillemins, the Russian Orthodox Church has architecture typical of its home country with its 6 blue bulbous bell turrets. The building, inaugurated in 1953, was built by Russian emigrants who had fled after the Bolshevik takeover. The previous place of worship - rue Mère-Dieu - had been destroyed by a flying bomb in 1944. It preserves beautiful icons in its interior.
The Church of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes is a monumental concrete church in Art Deco style. The building was built from 1928 to 1936 as an Allied memorial of the First World War. The church was desecrated in 2010 and classified as a Walloon heritage site in 2011. Since May 2011, it is for sale.
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