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Saints Peter and Paul Abbey Church, Saint-Hubert: General view of facade in context in the town square

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The interior is Late Gothic, the facade is Renaissance and Baroque, altered in the 18th century.\u000a\u000aSaint-Hubert is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Luxembourg Province (Walloon region). The town is named in commemoration of Saint Hubert, whose thighbones were moved in 825 to the Benedictine Abbey of Andage (Andagium), thereafter called Abbey of Saint-Hubert. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (died 727) called the 'Apostle of the Ardennes' was the first Bishop of Li\u00E8ge. The church became a focus of pilgrimage after the translation of his bones in 825. The interior is Late Gothic.

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Alt Title

Abbatial Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Saint-Hubert

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Saint-Hubert|+50.016667+5.366667|Saint-Hubert, Wallonia, Belgium

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Seventeenth century', 'Baroque', 'Late Gothic']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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