Sint Martinus, Rutten, Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium
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The Sint-Martinus Church is a church building in Rutten in the Belgian municipality of Tongeren in the province of Limburg. The church stands on a church hill surrounded by a walled cemetery
Waymark Code: WMYYHB
Location: Limburg, Belgium
Date Posted: 08/11/2018
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The largely neoclassical building is built with a north-east-southwest orientation and consists of a partly built-in Romanesque (south-) west tower, a three-aisled nave with six bays and a choir with a straight bay and a semicircular choir. Sacristers are built on either side of the choir.
The square tower is erected in flint in the lower part and in the upper part in marlstone. The corner blocks are made of marlstone and limestone. In the west facade there is a rectangular neoclassical portal that dates from 1844 and has a profiled frame of French stone. Above it is a gothic meshwork with a pointed arch window that dates back to the 14th century and is surrounded by a profiled marlstone frame. The reverb holes have the shape of a trilobal arch. On the north side and the south side there is a closed oculus, a round-arched bifora whose dividing columns have disappeared in the south, a window provided with a three-lobed arch inscribed in a pointed arch-shaped frame and two bifora with a trilobal arch inscribed in a round-arched frame in use as reverb holes. Each of these wall openings has a profiled frame of marlstone. The tower is covered by a tent roof of slates.
The ship is built in brick and has a pseudo-basilical uprising. It has a plinth of silex. Furthermore, the arched windows have a limestone frame with slightly protruding imposts. In the first bay of the southern aisle are the traces of a poem portal. The nave is covered by a saddle roof that runs over the choir and the side aisles covered by roofs.
Between the middle aisle and the side aisles there are circular arches on columns. The ground floor of the tower is surmounted by a marlstone cross rib cove in Gothic style from the 14th century. the ship is overwhelmed by cross ribs with belt arches running on an entablement. A coffered ceiling is located above the choir.
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 06/18/1844
Age of Church building determined by?: Cornerstone or plaque
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Catholic
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Saturday
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 6:30 PM
Street address of Church:
Ruttermarkt
Tongeren, Limburg Belgium
3700
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
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