Église Saint-Lambert de Grivegnée, Gothic Revival church in Grivegnée, Belgium.
The Saint-Lambert church in Grivegnée is a Gothic Revival building whose blue-stone facade is flanked by two square, four-level towers, each ending in a slender spire. The central gable carries a large pointed-arch window with tracery above a pointed portal, while the nave and choir behind are built of red brick with stone buttresses.
The Oblate missionaries bought the former Beau-Mur casino next door and had Hubert Froment design this church, built between 1895 and 1897; the first stone was laid on 17 September 1895 and it opened for worship on 18 April 1897. In 1934 the Diocese of Liège dedicated it and its parish to Saint Lambert in memory of the demolished Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert Cathedral. A flying bomb destroyed the stained glass in December 1944, and the convent buildings were lost at the end of the war, leaving the church as the only remnant.
The church was dedicated to Saint Lambert in 1934, recalling the demolished Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert Cathedral of Liège. Since 2017 it has belonged to the Église Glorieux de Jésus-Christ, an evangelical community of Congolese origin split from the Église du Réveil, which plans to restore it as its place of worship.
The church stands on Rue du Beau Mur at the base of the hill where Fort de la Chartreuse sits, making it accessible from the surrounding neighborhood. Visitors should know the building now serves different communities and has adapted its role over time.
The building holds objects connected to the Oblate missionaries alongside items salvaged from the demolished Saint-Lambert Cathedral. These collections remain largely hidden from public view and rarely displayed to visitors.
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