Tongeren - Begijnhof

Like almost all Belgian béguinages, that of Tongeren was founded in the 13th C., destroyed by iconoclasts and rebuilt again, until the French Revolution ended the Beguine communities here in Belgium. The 13th C. church is dedicated to St Catherine and has beautiful Baroque fittings and a crucifixion scene by Gaspar de Crayer. St Luitgard, the protective saint of Flanders, is said to have been born just outside the béguinage.