Visit : World Heritage (Unesco), Religious Heritage, Monument

Tournai Cathedral of Notre Dame

Address:

Place de l'Evêché
7500 TOURNAIBelgium
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The Cathedral of Tournai, with its five bell towers, Romanesque nave, transept and a Gothic-style choir, is a mediaeval architectural gem. Its wide nave consists of four horizontal levels and nine rows where columns are surmounted by differently decorated capitals form a whole of several hundred unique pieces in Belgium. Don't miss the masterpiece: the Renaissance choir screen by Corneille de Vriendt in the middle of the transept. In the southern part of the transept you can see some extraordinary church windows. The middle of the Gothic choir (58 m long - 36 m high) is dominated by the marble altar originating from the St Martin abbey of Tournai.

Opening of the treasure of the Cathedral:
From 1 October to 31 March: from 9:30am to 12:00pm and from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
From 1 April to 30 October: from 9:30am to 12pm and from 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Closed on Saturday morning, Sunday morning and mornings on public holidays

For further information about guided visits or for the schedule of the religious office of the Cathedral, please contact the tourist office at: +32 (0) 69 22 20 45

Free access to the cathedral