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On the programme:
- Free admission to the church throughout the weekend, from 9am to 6pm.
- guided tour on Saturday 20 September at 5pm (duration 1 hour),
- guided tour of the organs during the weekend, from 2pm to 5pm,
- exhibition ‘The Faces of the Virgin’ during the weekend.
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Saint Vedast
Totally destroyed by the Allies during the First World War, it was rebuilt in a neo-Flemish style, inspired by Bruges, under the direction of architect Louis-Marie Cordonnier.
With his son, Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier, he undertook the reconstruction of the church of Saint Vedast, located behind the belfry and the Town Hall, replacing the former sixteenth-century hallekerque church.
Inaugurated in 1932, the new church features a blend of neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine styles, typical of Cordonnier's Reconstruction buildings, such as the churches in Béthune and Merville.
As they pass through the doorway, visitors are greeted by a Christ the Pantocrator (Christ the King) sculpted on the tympanum, before discovering an interior where the Art Deco style makes its presence felt.
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