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  • 1 Béguinage Recommended Recommended

    Religious buildings

    Begijnenstraat B - 3290 Diest

    This 13C Beguine convent is one of the largest in Belgium. Its Baroque entrance (1671) is adorned with a niche housing a Virgin and Child. The current buildings, ornamented with gables and niches, date from the 17C and 18C. The former Apostelen conve..

  • 2 Musée communal Interesting

    Museums and art

    Grote-Markt 1 B - 3290 Diest

    The Town Hall crypt setting enhances the museum's appeal. Under 14C red sandstone Gothic vaulting, note a 15C painting on wood depicting the Last Judgement , the replica of a famous marble statue of the Virgin and Child and 15C-16C armour. The Rom..

  • 3 Main Square

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    Grote-Markt B - 3290 Diest

    The church of St Sulpitius and St Denis stands in the middle of this pretty square, lined with 17C and 18C houses and an 18C neo-Classical town hall.

  • 4 Église St-Sulpice

    Religious buildings

    Grote-Markt B - 3290 Diest

    The successive stages of construction of this church (14C-16C) can be seen in the juxtaposition of local coal sandstone (chancel and nave) and white stone (unfinished 16C tower). The "Mosterdpot" steeple features a 32-chime carillon. Inside..

  • 5 Lakenhal

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    St-Sulpitiuskerk B - 3290 Diest

    The 14C cloth hall façade was rebuilt in the 19C and a 15C cannon, the Holle Griet was placed in front of it. The old façade is on the other side of the building. Note the two picturesque 15C corbelled houses , 't Dambord and Het Fortuyn, at the jun..

  • 6 Almshouses

    Religious buildings

    Demerstraat B - 3290 Diest

    On the right, near a canal, a few metres along Demerstraat are the 16C sandstone and stone Tongerlo Abbey almshouses, Het Spijker . The 15C Averborde almshouses are hidden by foliage a little further along. The outbuildings date from the 20C.

  • 7 H. Verstappenplein

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    H. Verstappenplein B - 3290 Diest

    This square provides the main entrance to Warande Park , which lies on the hill where a castle once stood and was the former hunting ground of the princes of Orange. It is overlooked by their mansion, flanked with a turret (1516).

  • 8 Léopoldvest

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    Léopoldvest B - 3290 Diest

    This boulevard runs along the ramparts and provides a fine view of the Beguine convent. Its gardens can be seen behind the brick enclosure, with tall-roofed houses beyond. Then, note the 18C standard wooden mill called the Lindenmolen , which came..

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