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1 Béguinage
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..
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2 Musée communal
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..
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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.
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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..
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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..
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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.
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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).
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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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