Church of St. James Alpheus

The Church of St. James Alpheus is one of the seven collegiate churches that previously existed in the city of Liege. Part of the Benedictine Abbey, it was created by Balderic II in 1015, and in 1538 a new building was built in its place in the Gothic style. The portal of the building, created in 1558, belongs to the hand of the architect Lambert of Lombard. From its former appearance, the church retained only part of the wall and one tower.

The church has the shape of a Latin cross, the size of its base is 50 by 30 meters. The windows were specially made large - so more light enters the building.

In 1998, a new organ began to function, placed in the building of 1600. Also preserved to this day stained glass of the XVI century, it was once depicted 32 coats of arms of craft guilds of the Middle Ages. At the end of the twentieth century, a reconstruction of the Church was carried out, as a result of which the foundation of the original building and the remains of the crypt were discovered.