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Sint Servaas Basiliek - Maastricht
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St. Servaas church: St Servatius Church
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  • Imaniac
  • Updated By Imaniac on February 17, 2004
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  • St Servaaas Church - Maastricht
    St Servaaas Church
    by Imaniac
    The St Servaas Church is perhaps the biggest symbol of Maastricht. This catholic church was built in a gothic style back in the year 1000. It's the only church in The Netherlands that was built on the grave of a saint. In this case St Servatius. The church is located in the heart of the city at the famous Vrijthof Square. You can have a look inside every day from 10 to 5. You can also have a look in the treasury room. The church is in the top 100 monuments in the Netherlands on the UNESCO world heritage list.

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  • Address: Keizer Karelplein
  • Phone: 043-3217878
  • Directions: Go to the famous Vrijthof square. You can't miss it standing there in all it's glory. To enter it, you have to walk around teh corner.
  • Website: www.sintservaas.nl
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    St. Servaas church: Entrance - St. Servaas Basilica
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  • By gkitzmil on February 20, 2005
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  • St. Servaas church - Maastricht
    by gkitzmil
    The entrance of the Basilica at the square 'Keizer Karelplein' is adorned with statues. The statue of Jesus Christ can be seen at the centre with those of Peter and Servatius on his side. The arches hold the twelve apostles who are leaning on four great prophets from the Old Testament

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  • Address: 'Keizer Karelplein'
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    St. Servaas church: St Servaas Church
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  • Updated By sachara on September 13, 2005
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  • St Servaas Church - Maastricht
    St Servaas Church
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    The St Servaas Church is built at the grave of St Servatius who was buried there in 384. First there was a wooden chapel, replaced by a several stone churches. After the church was destroyed in the 9th century, the rebuilding of a proper pilgrim´s church with galleries round the grave of St Servatius started around 1000.

    You can also have a look in the treasury room, where you can have a look at the treasures of St. Servaas, containing a part of the skeleton of Saint Servatius, the first bishop of the Netherlands. There are also other relics like a pectoral cross, a key, a crosier and a pilgrim’s staff ( 11th century) and an unique collection of silk fabrics (starting from the 6th century).

    The opening hours are daily from 10.00 am - 05.00 pm. The basilica is daily open at the same time as the treasure-house, though visiting the basilica is not possible during a service. The admission fee for adults is € 3,50.

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    St. Servaas church: Church Museum - St. Servatius
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  • By gkitzmil on February 20, 2005
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  • CROSS IN THE MUSEUM - Maastricht
    CROSS IN THE MUSEUM
    by gkitzmil
    The Church Museum or "Treasury" of St. Servaas (or Servatius) is worth the 3.50 Euros entrance fee. You might want to review the website even before you visit so you know what you are seeing.

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  • Address: Keizer Karelplein
  • Directions: From the Central Square or Vrijthof walk to the NorthWest Corner and continue around the buildings then turn left to the Keizer Karelplein
  • Website: http://www.sintservaas.nl/english/index24.html
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    St. Servaas church: St. Servatius church
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  • Updated By OlafS on December 12, 2003
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  • Maastricht: St. Servatius church - Maastricht
    Maastricht: St. Servatius
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    by OlafS
    The St. Servatius, or St. Servaas, was built on the grave of this saint, a bishop of Tongeren (Belgium) who moved his throne to Maastricht and died there in 384. The church was rebuilt and changed several times since, and is now a combination of regional variants of the Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture. The church is often called a cathedral but it's not and never was, despite its connection to the bishop; the Church of Our Lady is the successor of the former cathedral.

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    St. Servaas church: St.-Servaasbasiliek II
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  • By martin_nl on February 18, 2003
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  • The basilica as seen from the Vagevuur street - Maastricht
    The basilica as seen from
    the Vagevuur street
    by martin_nl
    Because there are quite some construction works going on at the Vrijthof the basilica was closed. There are some great things to be seen inside the church! There is the treasuryroom and the crypt for example. However the treasury is not open in July in August, and in the wintertime only opened on Sunday. There is also a beautifull courtyard.

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  • Address: Keizer Karelplein
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    St. Servaas church: St.-Servaasbasiliek
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  • By martin_nl on February 18, 2003
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  • St.-Servaasbasiliek - Maastricht
    St.-Servaasbasiliek
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    In the year 1000 the building of the church started. The church was built above the crypt of St. Servaas who was buried there in 384. The pope also visited the church in 1985, from then on the church was a Basilica Minor.

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  • Address: Keizer Karelplein
  • Directions: This church also stands on the Vrijthof, but the entrance is on at the backside.
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    St. Servaas church: Sint Servaas Basiliek: interior
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  • By Cristian_Uluru on July 24, 2009
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  • Sint Servaas Basiliek: interior - Maastricht
    Sint Servaas Basiliek:
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    The interior of th Sint Servaas Basiliek has got three naves which have kept their early Roman character. The main nave is 11 metres wide, 53 metres long, and 21 metres high.
    In the apse is you can see Neo-Gothic choir stalls dating from 1890. The dome painting in the apse shows Christ as Judge of the world, as John the Evangelist saw Him in his visions, described in the Apocalypse. Below the main altar there is the crypt located where the Saint was buried in 384.

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  • Address: DVrijthof
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    St. Servaas church: Sint Servaas Basiliek: cloister
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  • By Cristian_Uluru on July 22, 2009
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  • Sint Servaas Basiliek: cloister - Maastricht
    Sint Servaas Basiliek:
    cloister
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    The visit of the Sint Servaas Basiliek starts in the beautiful cloister. Here you can see the Capitulary Room built in the 11th century; nowdays it is the Scatkamer (Treasure Room). Here you can see the fantastic Cross of Saint Servatius made in Trier in 993, the grave of Saint Servatius with gilded copper and precious stones made in 1160; many reliquary among which the most important is the one own by Thomas the Apostle.

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  • Address: Vrijthof
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    St. Servaas church: Sint Servaas Basiliek
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  • By Cristian_Uluru on July 20, 2009
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  • Sint Servaas Basiliek - Maastricht
    Sint Servaas Basiliek
    by Cristian_Uluru, 4 more photos
    Sint Servaas Basiliek (Saint Servatius Basilica) is the more ancient Dutch church and it is a masterpiece of the Romanesque architecture.
    The first church was consecrated in 1039 but the construction still continued for centuries. Between the 11th and 12th century they built the choir and the apse. In the 13th century were added the square small towers, the naves and the narthex with three kinds of Lombard arches and big buttress. It supports the square tower and the lateral ones.
    In the 12th century the south gateway was added with sculptures and statues which were painted during the 18th century.

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  • Address: Vrijthof
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