St. Maurice Church

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The church of Saint-Maurice is a Romanesque church located in Sclayn, a section of the Belgian commune of Andenne, in the province of Namur.

It is one of the three Romanesque churches in the municipality of Andenne, along with Saint-Étienne de Seilles and Saint-Pierre d'Andenelle.

It is composed of a choir with a flat chevet, a low transept with arms, three naves with four bays and a square tower in the front of the church, the same width as the main nave.

The furniture dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. It has a 14th century Christ on the Cross and many Renaissance tombstones.

Architectural style: Romanesque architectureCoordinates: 50°29'23"N, 5°1'41"E

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St. Maurice Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château de Franc-Waret, Scladina, Fernelmont Castle, Château du Moisnil.

3.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Château de Franc-Waret
80 min walk • The Château de Franc-Waret is a château situated in Franc-Waret in the municipality of Fernelmont in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. A moat girdles the castle. The castle is adorned by French gardens and an English style garden sprawls over 120 hectares of the palace.
0.4 miS
Museum, Nature, Natural attraction
Scladina
11 min walk • Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an exhaustive collection of over thirteen thousand Mousterian stone artifacts and the...
4.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Fernelmont Castle
111 min walk • Fernelmont Castle is a fortified farmhouse or château-ferme in Noville-les-Bois in the municipality of Fernelmont, Wallonia, Belgium.
2.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Château du Moisnil, Marche-les-Dames
75 min walk • The Château du Moisnil is a château or manor house of Wallonia, located in the village of Maizeret, municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Belgium.
2.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Fort de Maizeret
65 min walk • The Fort de Maizeret is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
4.2 miW
Forts and castles
Fort de Marchovelette
106 min walk • The Fort de Marchovelette is one of nine forts built as part of the fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goyet Caves
79 min walk • The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Wallonia in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province, Belgium.
5 miS
Monastery
Grandpré Abbey
127 min walk • Grandpré Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Wallonia located at Faulx-les-Tombes, in the province of Namur, Belgium. The only remains of the abbey are the gatehouse and the attached range at the main entrance, the farm buildings and the mill, once powered by the Samson brook, which crosses the site.
5.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Fort d'Andoy
129 min walk • The Fort d'Andoy is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
3.1 miE
Art museum, Museum
Musée de la céramique, Andenne
81 min walk • The ceramics museum, located in the Belgian town of Andenne, presents a vast collection of ceramics dating from the Gallo-Roman era to the present day, retracing nearly 2000 years of activity around derle, a high quality white clay found in the...
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Tours
Grottes de Goyet, Gesves
82 min walk • The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Wallonia in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province, Belgium.