Tongeren - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwbasiliek

Concerts are given in the basilica every year during the Flemish festival.

The spacious and clearly articulated interior with its notable triforium is borne on tall round pillars. Tall windows from the Renaissance allow light to fall on to the choir in which the most valuable art treasures are the Gothic carved altar (first half 16th C.) from Antwerp with 23 detailed scenes from the life of Mary, two pascal candles of 1372 by the masters Jehan Josés of Dinant, and an eagle-lectern. The garlanded sculpture of Mary, the patron saint of the basilica, in the left side aisle, was carved in 1479 from walnut wood. From the right side aisle the visitor passes through a vestibule, in which hangs a huge 11th C. crucifix, into the cloisters.