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Friday 3 June, 20:00 23:00

Saturday 4 June, 10:00 18:00

Sunday 5 June, 10:00 18:00

Sint-Guibertus - 2222 (Itegem)

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The village scene and its artists bring people together in our central cultural centre. There are people living here who have sculpting or painting talents. There are residents here who practise music with, among others, our local brass band, our parish band... Many residents are involved in our youth academy or music school... All these friends from the village are given the opportunity to transform their efforts into models of dreams for tomorrow. During this National Open Church Day, we offer visitors the chance to come and enjoy the atmosphere in this central building of our village.

Event address

Guibertusplein, 2222 Heist-op-den-Berg (Itegem)

Date & time

03 June 2022 - 20:00 to 23:00

04 June 2022 - 10:00 to 18:00

05 June 2022 - 10:00 to 18:00

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Learn more about the building

Sint-Guibertus

2222 Heist-op-den-Berg

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Sint-Guibertus

There was probably the first mention of a church building in the mid-11th century. During the religious disputes (late 16th century), this church was destroyed to be restored in the early 17th century. In 1653-1661, a new tower was built to a design by Jan Veris. In 1789-1791, a larger church was built preserving the 17th-century tower. In 1885, the side aisles were extended eastwards to the design of F.H. Cox.

This is an oriented brick pseudo-Basilica in classicist style. The built-in 17th-century west tower is in sandstone and has a special lantern. This tower is in Baroque style.

The church possesses two 17th-century paintings and some polychromed wooden statues from the 18th century. The main altar is in Rococo style (fourth quarter of the 18th century). The classicist-style panelling contains medallions from the 18th-century pulpit. The communion bench is from around 1700. There are confessionals from 1741 and 1780. The baptismal font is from about 1700.

Source : Wikipedia