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Echternach classic

Thursday 29 July, 14:00 15:30

Thursday 5 August, 14:00 15:30

Thursday 12 August, 14:00 15:30

Thursday 19 August, 14:00 15:30

Thursday 26 August, 14:00 15:30

Saint Willibrord - L-6486

On the program

The 90-minute guided tour of Echternach goes through the Basilica and the Documentation Centre, where the Spring Procession is thematised as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The tour then takes in the grounds of the former Benedictine abbey with the orangery. The tour ends at the market square with the Dënzelt and the Justice Cross.

We kindly ask you to register at the Tourist Office, via the e-mail address: touristinfo@visitechternach.lu or via Tel: 00352 720 230

More information : https://www.visitechternach.lu/de/veranstaltungskalender/events/2021/07/29/echternach-summer-tours

Event address

Parvis de la Basilique, L-6486 Echternach

Date & time

29 July 2021 - 14:00 to 15:30

05 August 2021 - 14:00 to 15:30

12 August 2021 - 14:00 to 15:30

19 August 2021 - 14:00 to 15:30

26 August 2021 - 14:00 to 15:30

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Learn more about the building

Saint Willibrord

L-6486 Echternach

Event Host Building

Saint Willibrord

The first church on this spot was constructed around 698, when Abbess Irmina of Oeren (Trier) made a gift of her properties in Echternach to Archbishop Willibrord, the founder of the monastery, Upon his death in 739, Willibrord was buried in the chancel of the sanctuary. A new more spacious building was raised around 800, of which the crypt survives. The reconstruction from 1016 to 1031 created the Abbey Church much as it exists today. The addition of Gothic vaulting in the 13th century profoundly transformed the original Romanesque interior. In the 17th century, several side chapels were added. After its desecration by French Revolutionary troops, the church was re-consecrated in 1868. The destruction of 1944 required lengthy reconstruction work that was only completed in 1953.

Learn more about the history of this memorable building and the abbey's founder, Willibrord.
https://basilika.lu/en/