Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Namur, Belgium

Founded in 1912, the African Museum in Namur, communicating under the name MusAfrica, is a rich cultural institution in the Belgian museum landscape. It is currently closed, due to renovation and expansion work. It is scheduled to reopen in 2024.

Wikipedia: Musée africain de Namur (FR), Website

The Fresque des Wallons is a trompe-l'oeil mural located in the "Jardins du Maïeur" of the town hall of Namur, Belgium. The painting, with a surface area of 330 m2, was carried out by CitéCréation in 2004. Restored and expanded in 2018, the artistic work refers to some 250 illustrious Walloons and to the ancient and recent history of Wallonia.

Wikipedia: Fresque des Wallons (FR)

The Church of St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church located in the center of the city of Namur, Belgium. it dates from the seventeenth century. Church of the convent of the Carmelite Fathers, it became the parish of Saint-Joseph in 1818. The church was closed in 2008 for security reasons. After the restoration of the roof, it reopened in 2018. Worship has now resumed since the arrival of a new parish priest in September 2022.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Joseph de Namur (FR), Heritage Website

The Church of Saint-Loup is a Roman Catholic church located in the centre of the city of Namur (Belgium). In Baroque style, it was built in the seventeenth century as the church of Saint-Ignace in the service of the adjoining Jesuit college.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Loup de Namur (FR), Website, Heritage Website

The Provincial Palace of Namur is a Renaissance-style building located on the Place Saint-Aubain, in Namur, Belgium. Built as the episcopal palace of the diocese of Namur in the middle of the eighteenth century, it became, in 1814, the seat of government and administration of the province of Namur, which it still is today (2014).

Wikipedia: Palais provincial de Namur (FR)

The Hôtel de Groesbeeck-de Croix, which houses the Museum of Decorative Arts, is a listed building located in the city of Namur in Belgium, built in the thirteenth century and refurbished in the mid-eighteenth century by the architect Jean-Baptiste Chermanne.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Groesbeeck - de Croix (FR)

St. Aubin's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Namur, Belgium, and the country's only cathedral in academic Late Baroque style. It was the only church built in the Low Countries as a cathedral after 1559, when most of the dioceses of the Netherlands were reorganized. It is classified as part of Wallonia's Major Heritage by the Walloon Region.

Wikipedia: St Aubin's Cathedral (EN), Heritage Website

The Saint-Aubain Tower is a Romanesque religious building, surmounted by a Gothic spire, located behind the cathedral of Namur (Belgium), without being attached to it. A vestige of the old collegiate church of Namur, the campanile is considered to be the "bell tower" of the cathedral built in the eighteenth century, and houses the carillon of Namur, a set of 49 bells.

Wikipedia: Tour Saint-Aubain (FR)

The Arsenal of Namur is a 100-metre-long building located on the banks of the Sambre in Namur (Belgium). Built at the end of the seventeenth century, it serves as a university restaurant for the University of Namur. It is classified as a major heritage site in Wallonia.

Wikipedia: Arsenal de Namur (FR)

The Louise-Marie Park is a green space in the Belgian city of Namur. Named after Louise-Marie d'Orléans, wife of Leopold I and first queen of the Belgians, the park is bordered, all along its south-east side, by the street called Rempart de la Vierge, a reminder of its origin.

Wikipedia: Parc Louise-Marie (FR)