The Saint Martin's Cathedral.


This impressive medieval church did not survive the disaster of the first World War. However, the church has been successfully rebuilt. A lot of the material from the damaged church has been used again in the reconstruction.

The original building was started in 1221, the tower was completed between 1433-1434 by architect Martin Utenhove and the upper part of the church was completed by the beginning of the 16th century. The style is not really uniform, but the cathedral comes across as a very harmonious construction.

Spread all over the cathedral are decorations from different times which survived the destruction.