Église Notre-Dame De La Visitation (Rochefort)
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The Église Notre-Dame de la Visitation de Rochefort (Church of the Visitation of the Holy Virgin, or Church of Our Lady of the Visitation), is a religious building in the Belgian city of
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History

The first church edifice dates back to 1041, therefore the oldest building in the municipality of Behogne-Rochefort. The church burned during the offensive of the army of the Count of Duras in 1653, it was rebuilt and restored 1782. The current building was designed by Brussels architect
Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar (1811–1880) was a Dutch-born architect and the founder of the Belgian Cluysenaar family of artists and architects. Family Cluysenaar was born in Kampen in the Netherlands as a son of Joannes Kluysenaar and Garideni ...
, the church was put into service on May 24, 1874 and inaugurated on November 11 of the same year by Théodore-Joseph Gravez, Bishop of Namur.


Architecture

The church is built in the neo-Romanesque style with local limestone. The central facade, flanked by two towers, is decorated with a rosette and bears eight statues at its center.


Gallery

File:Exterieur.JPG, Façade centrale File:Exterieur01.JPG, Façade centrale File:Exterieur02.JPG, Les huit statues File:Exterieur03.JPG, Rosace File:Interieur.JPG, Intérieur File:Parochiekerk raam.JPG, Vitrail File:Parochiekerk Tweede raam.JPG, Vitrail File:Maria Beeld.JPG, Statue of
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References

{{morecat, date=May 2023 Churches in Namur (province) Rochefort, Belgium