Église Saint-Pholien de Liège

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Saint-Pholien () is a church building in the district of Outermeuse in Liège, on the Boulevard de la Constitution 1.

History: In 1189 the parish was founded and a church was built on this place. Since then there have been three successive churches. The last of these churches was demolished in 1910 as part of a new road plan. A new church was designed by Edmond Jamar and was built in 1914. It is a brick basilical cross church in neogothic style, with attached tower and three-sided closed choir. The tower was crowned by a four-sided spire.

Interior: The church is overwhelmed by cross vaults. Pierre Brouwers made the decorations in the church in 1937. The left side altar is dedicated to the Vierge des Écoliers and has a 14th-century statue of Mary from the demolished monastery church of the Liège Abbey of Val des Écoliers. There is also a statue of the Virgo of Tanners (Fourth of the Tanneurs), from 1687-1688.

Trivia: The church is known to the readers of the work of Georges Simenon, as the church plays an important role in his famous novel Le Pendu...