Hasselt - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk a short distance west of the market is, as far as its art treasures are concerned, of greater importance than the Sint-Quintinuskathedraal. It was built between 1728 and 1740 in a transitionary style between Baroque and Classicism and rebuilt true to the original in 1950-1952 following its bombardment in 1944.
In the interior some notable works of art from the former Cistercian abbey of Herkenkode near Hasselt have been preserved.
In the interior some notable works of art from the former Cistercian abbey of Herkenkode near Hasselt have been preserved.
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In the transepts are the Baroque tomb of Anna-Catharina de Lamboy, abbess of Herkenrode 1653-1675, by A. Quellin the Younger (1675) and the marble Roccoco tomb of Barbara de Rivière d'Arschot, abbess of Herkenrode 1738-1744, with the bas relief "Resurrection" by L. Delvaux (1744).
