The Sainte-Croix Collegiate Church

1. Presentation
The site is first mentioned in a XIth century text, recalling the foundation of the
Sainte-Croix church (Holy Cross Church). It teaches us that a lord covets the site,
previously virgin of any construction, to build a castle. To counter this ambition, likely
to weaken his monopoly on the Episcopal city, Bishop Notger (972-1008) decides to
neutralize the site by tasking the dean of Saint-Lambert Cathedral with the quick
foundation of a church dedicated to the Holy Cross. The tradition places this
foundation in 978 or 979. In the eleventh century, a small parish church dedicated to
St Nicholas and depending on the canons of the Sainte-Croix is built to the East of
the new church. A cloister surrounded by canonical buildings takes place on the
South side.
The present church is built in the XIIIth and XIVth centuries on the foundations
of the original church. The Ottonian cloister is successively rebuilt in the XIV th and
XVIIIth centuries, before losing three of its four galleries in the XIXth century, replaced
by a row of small houses rented out by the church fabrique.
In the 1960s, all the houses on the North side of the church as well as other
surrounding streets are demolished to allow the creation of a speedway connecting
the city center with the highway. This destructive intervention has deprived the
church of an important portion of its built environment and its parish.

The Sainte-Croix church stands on the Eastern side of the Publmont hill. This
natural promontory is located at the periphery of the historic center of Lige, of which
it constitutes the Western end. It formerly rose between the Sauvenire, one of the
Meuse river inlets, and the Lgia, a river originating from the Hesbaye plateau and
flowing into the Meuse near the present St Lambert square. Both rivers have been
drained or diverted in the XIXth century and are no longer visible today: the bed of
the Sauvenire has been converted into a wide boulevard and the Legias one into a
speedway towards Brussels highway.

The built environment of the Sainte-Croix church is highly contrasting. To the

South, the slope leading to the lower part of the city is still occupied by ancient
buildings, amongst which, at the base of the hill, two XVIth century private mansions.
North of the church, the ancient fabric has almost completely disappeared at the
benefit of the speedway. The church is flanked by the Sainte-Croix and the HauteSauvenire streets, converging along the church Westbau. To the East, the choir is
separated from the ancient St-Nicholas parish church by a little street. Finally, along
the southerner gallery of the cloister, the only one that has been preserved, a row of
houses with small gardens recalls schematically the shape of the cloister, partly
demolished in the XIXth century.
With its impressive octagonal tower and its late Romanesque style, the
westbau differs from the rest of the building, conceived in gothic style. The nave, halltype, is covered by a long central roof in which open small transverse two sloped
roves. To the East, a slightly protruding transept opens on a polygonal choir
illuminated by high gothic windows. Two rectangular sacristies and a trapezoid annex
hosting the treasury flank both sides of the sanctuary. The entrances, two lateral
portals, take place in the nave walls. The medieval structure is composed of Meuse
and Lorraine limestone, coal sandstone and freestone. The medieval oak frameworks
are very well preserved. Inside, the carved gothic ornaments are accompanied by a
monumental gothic revival decoration of high quality, composed of stained-glass
windows, mural paintings and liturgical furniture.

 Arnaud Delhaes

The Sainte-Croix church is one of the seven collegiate churches built between
the X and the XIth centuries to make of Lige one of the most renowned cities of the
Holy Empire. Its impressive octagonal tower remains nowadays an urban landmark,
and consists in a symbolic milestone essential for the establishment of a relation
between the collegiate churches, within a reading of the religious topography of the
city.
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The monument significance is also due to its exceptional architectural value,

which earn it to be listed as one the Exceptional Heritage of Wallonia. With its two
opposed apses, an eastern choir modeled near 1250 after the Paris Sainte-Chapelle,
with its halle-nave too, built near 1270-1280 from an uncommon model in the
Empire, it diverged from the traditional architectural plans of the Mosan region and
contributed entirely at the import of new gothic options in the eastern part of the
German Empire.
Some of these architectural choices closely reflect the specific identity of the
chapter, bound to the special function of the building and the possession of a relic of
the Holy Cross, set in a splendid staurothec made near 1160-1170. Therefore, the
building possesses a model value for the studies regarding the influence of the relics
of the Passion on the designing of a medieval church.
The Sainte-Croix church deserves to be protected because of its position in the
history of the medieval heritage restoration, with high quality neogothic interventions,
partly outside, but especially inside the church.

2. Condition
The Sainte-Croix church suffers from problems that are well known since the
seventies. These have led to heavy structural interventions by the architect H.F.
Joway, that, forty years after, show their limits: the limestone and freestone
masonries are deteriorated, as well as the temporary bitumen roof coverings. Directly
laid on the natural slates, these have led to the rotting of the wood lathing, preventing
the placement of any further waterproofness layer. Water infiltration leads to
framework, masonry, decoration and paintings deterioration. Recently, fungi have
been identified in the roves frameworks.
Inaccessible zones from the spire uncover each time the wind blows, and several
openings have been noticed. Stones are falling down inside and outside the building.
Finally, stained glasses are damaged: protection glasses break, choir panels are
sliding, grisailles oxidize and get dirty.

3. Challenge
The goal targeted by this file consists in ensuring the survival of the collegiate
church of Sainte-Croix, and then its restoration. In order to do this, numerous
operators act in the process required for the setting of a restoration plan.
To define a course of action which both could satisfy everyone and match with the
building and its architectural and artistic feature, a series of interviews had yet been
carried out with the several stakeholders:
The Church Fabrique
The Bishopric
The municipality of Lige : administration
The municipality of Lige : deputy mayor
The Walloon Heritage Institute
The Public Service of Wallonia DG04
The Royal Commission of Monuments, Sites and Excavations
external contacts :
o Mathieu Piavaux, doctor of philosophy and letters and lecturer in the
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University of Namur
Louis Schockert, architect
Albert Lemeunier, retired as conservative at Grand Curtius Museum
Pierre-Yves Kairis, director of the department Preservation-Restauration in
the IRPA
Jean-Jacques Messiaen, director of the Archeoforum
Julien Maquet, in the charge of the publications of the IPW and
assistant-curator in the Treasure of the Cathedral

3.1.

Current situation

The collegiate church of Sainte-Croix is listed as a monument since 1936. It has been
selected for the list of the Exceptional Heritage of Wallonia in 2009. Consequently it
can pretend on 95% of grants by the Walloon Region.
In accordance with the jurisprudence, the property of this church goes to the
municipality, while the church fabrique owns the management. The latter is obliged to
maintain the good condition of the building. The municipality of Lige is obliged to
compensate financially in case of lack of income, for all works, including the security
works.

3.2.

Cult preservation

The collegiate church management is managed by the Fabrique. However, regarding

the scale of the work, this one shall hand down its control to the municipality.
In order not to restore a church which could decay afterwards, the Walloon Region
would give 95% grants only if there is a specific plan of allocation justifying the
restoration. The funds to invest would run to several millions euros, hence the
necessity of a relevant function.
The contracting authority shall be helped by the IPW, and by the SPW-DG04, if exists
a real will from the contracting authority and the stakeholders (Fabrique, bishopric,
Heritage Services) to maintain the plan.
The upholding of cult function is not conflicting with a coexistence of several functions
introducing a daily and attractive life in the collegiate church.

3.3.

Cult deconsecration

In case of decision against the upholding of cult in the collegiate church, the building
comes back in the private properties of the municipality of Lige. Very likely then the
municipality of Lige should take on the control of the works unless alternative
agreements are taken with other stakeholders.
An alternative function replacing the cult seems difficult to find given that the building
possess a strong religious image.

4. Stakeholders :
THE CHURCH FABRIQUE
Role
The church fabriques are public and independent entities. They are tasked with
maintenance and preservation of the churches, management of possessions and
funds given to the cult, ensuring the practice of cult and its dignity, looking for the
funds essentials to the fulfillment of its missions (art.1 in the Imperial Decree of the
30th of December 1809).
The charge for a shortfall due to the practice of cult is taken by the municipality.
Situation
The "matrix" of the cadastral plan shows the church Fabrique as the owner of the
collegiate church of Sainte-Croix. This matrix has however no legal value. Indeed, in
accordance with the jurisprudence, the property of this church which building dates
from the 13th century goes to the municipality, while the management goes to the
Fabrique. The latter is obliged to maintain the building in good conditions.
The church Fabrique of Sainte-Croix has however no more durability in the long view.
It is destined to disappear because it fulfills not all its functions: the lack of cult and
parish only let to it the maintenance of the building. Despite that, the Fabrique has
not sunk itself and tries to maintain a presence and to prevent the emptying of the
church from its art pieces, in order not to let it become an empty shell waiting for
destruction. Unfortunately these ones are degrading and shall be put in a safe place.
There was for the collegiate church a financial help form the maintenance service of
the restoration service, but this one has stopped the grants, waiting for the
organization of a heritage certificate and the nomination of a plan creator.
In case of project
It is expressly shown in the legislation regarding the listed buildings that every owner
of a building is obliged to maintain it: article 207 from the CWATUPE.
Regarding the building used for cult, the church fabriques are managers and then
can make a request for grants even though they are not owners. The large works (not
to do each year) as renovation works for a roof, or painting, must be added in an
exceptional budget. Their financing shall be provided by the municipality or by a loan
established by the Fabrique (after permission from the municipality).
However it is hardly ever done for a complete restoration, the administration
reckoning that the municipalities are abler to face all the administrative process.
Indeed, most of the fabriques have difficulties to follow a restoration plan. Being the
administrative authority, they should then lend the money, and be paid off by the
grants. It needs then some guarantees for the banks, and paying interests. But the
Fabrique is made of private persons whose functions are not paied, and has not
enough force to manage such a case.

 Point of view
The church Fabrique comes out in favor of a taking back of the work by the
municipality.
Its goal is to see the collegiate church preserved. It doesn't see Sainte-Croix purely
as a church, but as an heritage building which durability must be secured. It is open
to all rational offers for a change of function and shall not hamper the good progress
of the case.
For the restoration of Saint-Barthlemy, the municipality of Lige had taken the
control of the work. For Saint-Martin, it was the church Fabrique. Ideally, for the
collegiate church of Sainte-Croix, we should give the control of the work to the
Walloon Region (IPW), during the period required to restorate it, by an agreement
that could allow it to receive a support committee made of the representatives of the
several stakeholders.
Members:
President: Jacques Saive
Secretary: Jean Fraiquin
Treasurer: Etienne Hody
Member: Philippe Joris

THE BISHOPRIC
Role
The Officiality in the person of the episcopal vicar is in charge of the canonical issues,
especially the exemptions and the examination of the books, and the church
associations and the asbl.
The Service of the church wardens accompanied the church wardens through
information, direct support in the establishment of the projects and in the comptability,
the legal advices and the exercise of the authority of the Bishop on all the decisions
of the church wardens.
The Bishop of Lige supervises on all the dealings of the church wardens.
A decision taken by a church warden is valid in itself; it acquires however its final
strength only once it receives approval of the tutorship. A decision submitted to the
administrative supervision must be beforehand notified by the ecclesiastical authority
even if this notice is not legally prescribed.
The areas of practice of the tutorship are the civil dealings: rental lease, usufructuray
lease, sale, acquisition, emphyteusis, gifts and bequests, loans, sales of securities,
legal action, works other than maintenance, service contracts (insurance, architecture,
loan), transfer, disposal and alienation of works of art.
The Heritage Department handles the works and the heritage inventories.

 Situation
The Bishop decides what the best for the practice is, for the interests of the Church
Fabriques. There is a necessity to act with the greater degree of objectivity and to
convince of the necessity to search for long-term solutions instead of immediate
arrangements.
The bishop is considering in the medium term the grouping of the church wardens,
upon their request, starting with the rural regions.
A plan for the decommissioning of the collegiate church of the Holy Cross had
already been initiated but it has not been carried through.
In case of project
The bishopric has to make its intentions clear regarding the religious destination of
the collegiate church of the Holy Cross. The later should be an integral part of a
tourist architectural heritage project beside the cult aspect.
The project file will go through the services of the bishopric, which will give its opinion
beforehand.
Point of view
The bishopric supports the intervention. He is determined to protect its churches and
does not want to loose a collegiate church. He also hopes to make the parish come
alive again.
The collegiate church of the Holy Cross, as it is configured, cannot afford anything
but cult and cultural activities of high quality. Worship has never been a disruptive
factor in the maintenance of the buildings. Rather, it is the guaranty of the life of the
building and provides the maintenance of a lisibility of the buildings substance. It
ensures the daily survival of the place assuming the opening of the monument. There
is nevertheless a need of an attractive non-religious element which would bring
people in the area (cultural events/tourism/). The aim is to put into light a specificity
on the cultural and cult levels.
Decommissioning the worship in a church is the best way to ensure its destruction
very quickly. Decommission means a complete lack of cult assignment, thus a limited
access to the place.
A reorganization of the parishes in favour of the collegiate churches would be difficult,
because what makes a parish is not the architectural quality, but the commitment of
the parishioners and the wish to create something on the pastoral level. People are
not attending Mass because the building is beautiful (although it is a favorable
element).
It is to be hoped that a framework agreement will be established, but the Walloon
Region is lacking money. The restoration of the church could especially become a
pilot site for the training in the restoration field of the center la Paix-Dieu .

 Contacts
Raphal Collinet, judicial episcopal vicar of the Bishopric of Lige,
Isabelle Leclercq, manager of the Service of the Church Wardens,
Marylne Laffineur, volunteer collaborator of the Heritage Service.

THE CITY OF LIEGE

Role
- Administration: accomplishes the decisions of the Council and the College.
- Deputy Mayor Office: provides the legislation and the daily city management.
The municipal college ensures the daily management of the City thanks to the
administration which is under the direction of the secretary-general.
Situation
The ownership of the collegiate church of the Holy Cross belongs to the City of Lige.
Moreover the later has the duty to help financially in the event of insufficient income
of the church wardens for all kinds of works, including health and safety.
The City never intervened in the maintenance works, apart from security measures
for the scaffoldings. The City had agreed to be mandated for the preliminary studies
and since then has opened on its own a procedure of Certificat de Patrimoine .
The file of the church of the Holy-Cross started in 1968. In 1974, the project of the
architect H.F. Joway was abandoned because of financial problems. The new
scaffolding was installed in 2004. Since then, the file is pending.
In case of project
The City is the owner but not the manager. It is not its duty to initiate the project.
Nevertheless, the church warden does not want to ensure the direction of the works,
and the control of the project will be delegated to the City.
In case of decommissioning of the cult, the management would be taken by the City.
Given the size of the project, it would be unthinkable that the church warden ensures
the direction of the works. Nevertheless, there is the need of a project in order to get
the subsidies and the commitment of the City.
Point of view
The City of Lige is involved and hopes that the project will succeed. The City wants
to see its collegiate church restored, beyond its function. It is, above all, a building
with a very important heritage value. The state of the monument is critical and the
first thing to be done would be the restoration of the roof.
A cooperation between the parishes would be necessary in order to establish more
permeability between the church fabriques and the City.

The architecture of the collegiate church does not allow an obvious reallocation of its
purpose if we wish to preserve its architectural and artistic integrity.
An urbanistic project has been proposed formally: a collegiate churches tour.
This would enable to reinforce the touristic appeal of the city, and to protect the
seven collegiate churches of Lige, which are all major heritage , in this society
which becomes more and more secularized. This proposition maintains the religious
part of the bishopric.
The idea is to give a life to each of these collegiate churches, in addition to a
religious specificity.
Contacts
Administration, The City of Lige,
In the person of Annick Thomas, architect in the Department of the Works.
Municipal Councilor Office, The City of Lige,
In the person of Jean-Marie Verdire, secretary in the Office of Municipal
Councilor, Urbanism, Tourism and Heritage.

THE WALLOON HERITAGE INSTITUTE

Role
The Walloon Heritage Institute (IPW) is an organization of regional public interest
which depends of the ministers office in charge of the heritage. Its main tasks are:
To conduct property transactions
To promote monuments which are the property of the Walloon Region
To ensure the transmission of the know-how in the field of the heritage on the
site of the ancient abbey of Paix-Dieu and to raise the awareness of this
matter in young people
To ensure the bulk of the work consisting in education, publication, diffusion
and promotion of the Walloon Heritage
The Walloon Heritage Institute aims at assisting the owners of listed buildings
with a view to rehabilitating them ().
The aim is to provide help on all aspects (advices to the reallocation, following-up
project files, research and organization of partnerships, administrative procedures,
execution of project,) at the request of the owner.
This task is carried out, on one hand, for the properties listed in a List launched by
the Government, which can only include properties located on the territory of the
Walloon Region except for the German-speaking area; and on the other hand, for the
acts listed in Article 219, 3 and 4, related to the reallocation of the listed items on
request of their owners in the same territorial limits.

 Situation
The Sainte-Croix collegiate church is included on the list of the IPW since 2006.
The Walloon Heritage Institute has no decision-making power. It works at the owners
request, often upstream from the file in order to set up the works. It could also fund
certain kinds of studies, as it has in the past with a study of the condition of the roof.
Moreover, the Institute has proposed to the City of Lige to fund the two first phases
of the restoration of the roof as defined in this study. Nevertheless the owner did not
follow this up.
The IPW could help, on the Citys request, to find the adequate function of allocation
for the collegiate church. However, the procedure is taking time and energy and
requires guidance from the owner. Moreover, since it concerns a regional public
investment, there is a necessity to insure that there will be a follow-up to the
opportunity which has been offered and a real willingness to follow the project
(political agreement).
In case of project
The Walloon Heritage Institute could provide, on the owners request, the support as
defined in its missions. Its objective is to save the properties in danger. In the next
step, the points of view of ethical nature would be important to consider for the
assigned function. Nevertheless, as the building would go back to a good condition,
the Institute is open to every kind of proposition.
Point of view
The difficulty of this file is to analyze the neighborhood and the city in order to know
which functions this building can include taking into account the existing ones. For
the City, this project is just one amongst many others, and will need millions that the
City does not have, hence the necessity to define a relevant function which should
match the communal and economic reality.
All the more so as the urban position of the collegiate church of the Holy Cross is
strategically favorable to a project integrated in the urban policy (=macro).
The tour of the collegiate churches is only possible if it is linked with other functions,
as well as the worship. But combining functions is not easy, particularly since it is not
easy to manage a religious building due to the various religious symbols that it uses.
Moreover, one of the problems of the churches concerning the reallocation is the lack
of space for the facilities (toilets, dressing room,).
The fact that the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix is the last one in a neighborhood
which is rapidly changing and has undergone many interventions, allows us to take
an optimistic view on its future.
Contacts
Vanessa Amormino Thomas Deruyver
Real Estate Missions Office

 THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF WALLONIA GENERAL OPERATIONAL

DIRECTION: land settlement, housing, heritage and energy (DGO4)
Role
The Operational Directorate-General is a service depending on the Region of
Wallonia. It provides assistance and subsidies for the restoration and maintenance of
monuments. Studies are carried out, special techniques are used, ancient materials
are reproduced and reimplemented in order to preserve their value of heritage.
The DGO4 takes action in several steps for listed property in Wallonia:
- at the level of the heritage certificate
- support to the owner, definition of priorities
- phases in the planning permission
- requests and procedures for subsidies
- follow up of the works
Situation
The collegiate church of Sainte Croix has been classified as a monument since 1936
(A.R. 15/01/1936).
It is listed as exceptional classified heritage of the Region of Wallonia (listing decision
- arrt de classement of 27/05/2009 M.B. 17/08/2009). This means it can benefit
from 95% of the subsidies from the Region of Wallonia.
The DGO4 has no authority to take decisions or initiatives. Its role is to provide a
framework and to help the owner to define priorities to work in the right order.
A procedure for a Heritage Certificate has been launched in the name of the City of
Lige for provisional measures and the possible necessary preliminary studies.
In case of a project
Substantial subsidies will be granted to the work on the structure, the decoration, the
inside, the necessary structural works,... But all the finishing work of the new parts,
layout, techniques, etc. is not covered by the subsidies. The cloister houses are not
part of the listing decision either and will thus not benefit from these subsidies.
The DGO4 will provide support as defined in its missions.
Point of view
The DGO4 aims at ensuring the durability of the good with due regard to its heritage
value. The collegiate church is suitable for a reassignment project as there has been
no more parish service for several years. Moreover as it is close to the churches of
Saint Martin and Saint Servais and as it lacks parishioners, relaunching its religious
activity does not seem relevant.
Nevertheless the building needs daily activity to thrive in the long term.

The city of Lige wants to develop tourism and its past is essential. Lige has a very
important religious past and the collegiate church of Sainte Croix is a prevailing part
of it. It would be inconceivable not to restore it.
Contacts
Nadine Reginster: planning officer of the DGO4
Graldine Chaineux: architect for the Restoration Directorate

THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF MONUMENTS, SITES AND

EXCAVATIONS (CRMSF)
Role
The CRMSF is the organization that advices the Walloon Government about the
protection and the preservation of the heritage.
Since 1993, the CRMSF takes part, at the request of the minister in charge of
Heritage, in the establishment of the list of the Exceptional Heritage of Wallonia.
It also provides suggestions on the monuments and sites susceptible to be inscribed
on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Commission has been tasked to give its opinions on:
proposals of classification for monuments, architectural ensembles, sites and
archaeological sites;
proposals of establishment of protected areas for classified heritage;
proposals of registration or removal of a piece of non-movable heritage on the
Safeguarding List;
projects of works and archaeological excavations related to classified heritage,
in the process of classification, inscribed on the Safeguarding List, located in a
protected area or inscribed on the Heritage Inventory with a mention.
The opinions of the CRMSF are delivered collectively.
Situation
The Collegiate Church Sainte-Croix has been listed again in the Exceptional
Classified Heritage List of the Wallonia Region in 2009.
In case of project
The Commission is one of the actors that gives its opinion when a Heritage certificate
request is introduced. It has an important role to play in giving its agreement. The
DGO4 may decide not to follow this opinion.
The opinion of the Commission is only consultative but is, in most cases, followed
and respected.

5. Opportunities:
A church could generally be allocated an infinity of new functions but the case of
Sainte-Croix is more complicated. This monument is so exceptional, and such an
architectural pearl that the project will have to respect the principle of keeping the
volumetry pristine as far as possible.
The urbanistic aspect has to be taken into account too. The new function of the
church will have to slot into a larger scale environment and to coexist with already
existing functions.
Several proposals have been tackled:
Collegiate churches tour: starting point with exhibition on the collegiate
churches
Religious specificity (community or other)
Religious art museum
Collegiate churches Treasure
Concert and performance hall
Activities (FNAC, lectures)
Library of architecture
Modern Art Museum (for instance: Serrurier-Bovy)
Exhibitions and culture
Bookshop
Resumption of the Tourist office
Centre of Religious tourism in Wallonia
Cafeteria and religious items shop
Hostel
Research and design center
The Collegiate church Sainte-Croix will live only if occupied. In order to do that, it
needs a strong drawing power because there is no neighborhood spirit. The
reassignment must be thought in terms of planning-time. Multifunctionality is a
necessity to offer a rich programming.
The functions proposed are likely to provide a life of quality to the collegiate church
Sainte-Croix. Although it is impossible to integrate them all, some of them can be
combined.

6. Plan of Action:
Firstly, the worship.
It is a constituent part of the collegiate church. History and worship are so
tightly linked that they could hardly be separated. Given the closeness of Saint Martin
and Saint Servais churches, as well as the shortage of parishioners, it would be
necessary to decide of a specific religious use for the collegiate church, as well as a
religious specificity.
In the frame of a restoration of the parishs functions, it would perhaps be possible to
draw believers from some churches.
With the secularization of society being a widespread phenomenon, a time will come
when we will have to choose which churches to preserve for the cult. Perhaps would
it be possible to make of the collegiate church Sainte Croix the parish seat by
dropping Saint Servais and Sainte Marguerite. However, we must consider that from
a humane point of view, those two churches work very well thanks to a collective
enthusiasm that would be broken up. A long-term informative work towards the
believers would therefore be necessary.
Furthermore, we are not talking here of a mono-functionality that would take over the
whole inner space of the church: it is too large for the number of parishioners and to
justify the commitment of the actors in the restoration of the monument.
Secondly, the Collegiate churches tour.
The collegiate churches are all elements of major heritage. They have
specific characteristics, all different but all interesting. The tour is a way of protecting
the seven churches because of their architectural and artistic value and regardless of
the religious developments. It would also strengthen what the city of Lige has to
offer from the touristic point of view, as well as inscribe the collegiate church in its
urban context.
Establishing the starting point of the tour at Sainte Croix the church is indeed very
close to the center would make of it a major landmark and would also offer the
possibility to integrate a cultural aspect that would present the several collegiate
churches and the history of the town.
Finally, a dynamic and contemporary flexibility.
A space momentarily occupied by the city would renew periodically the
attraction of the collegiate church. The church would not only be a meeting place but
would also be a venue for cultural events, such as temporary exhibitions of Modern
Art or even a place where religious work of art that did not find any place in the
museums of the city could be displayed. Let us remind ourselves that Sainte-Croix
benefits of remarkable acoustical properties, ideal for workshops, performance or
concerts.

 Grard Michel

Writers:
HUTSEMEKERS Quentin
PIAVAUX Mathieu
SCHOCKERT Louis
Translators:
BEAUFAYS Konogan
BRANDT Gretchen
HOUBART Claudine
KEMPENEERS Thomas
MATHIEU Clmence