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Lier is a Belgian city located in the province of Antwerp. The city is said to have been founded in the 11th century. In 1212, the Duke of Brabant Henri I granted an urban charter to the inhabitants. The fourteenth century was a period of prosperity for the city: construction of a cloth hall in 1367, a belfry in 1369 and a second rampart in 1389. The prosperity of the city was based on the drapery industry and on the existence of a cattle market, which had been granted to it by the Dukes of Brabant.
St Gummarus Collegiate Church
The St Gummarus Church in Brabantine Gothic, was built on the site where a Roman parish church dedicated to John the Baptist once stood.
Its construction started in 1378 and took around 200 years. Hence the lower parts are pure gothic, the middle ones baroque and the roof of the tower rococo.
On 20th October 1496 the wedding of Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Castile was celebrated here.
St Gummarus Tower, known as the "Peperbus” (Pepper pot) to the people of Lier, is 83m high. Due to a number of catastrophes it took almost four centuries to build. We can see this from the various architectural styles: Gothic at the bottom, the octagon resting on this is late Gothic, the top octagon is late baroque and the tower roof is rococo.
At the top of the tower is a unique 18th St Gummarus carillon.
Linda Leonard (Alice) and Bill Jenkins (Bill Sr.) in Clever Little Lies by Joe DiPietro.
Photo by Tim Long.
Picture from one of the old abandoned buildings at old Lier Mental Hospital. The buildings has been empty since 1986, but the "feel" there is quite creepy..
Fotograf: Jarle Harkestad, Lier fotoklubb (LIFK)
Tittel: Siste besøk
Premiering: Antatt
Klasse: Projeksjon
Lier is a Belgian city located in the province of Antwerp. The city is said to have been founded in the 11th century. In 1212, the Duke of Brabant Henri I granted an urban charter to the inhabitants. The fourteenth century was a period of prosperity for the city: construction of a cloth hall in 1367, a belfry in 1369 and a second rampart in 1389. The prosperity of the city was based on the drapery industry and on the existence of a cattle market, which had been granted to it by the Dukes of Brabant.
Grote Markt
Since the Middle Ages the Grand Place is the beating heart of Lier, which received civic rights in 1212. It has been the backdrop to small and big events for centuries, the weekly market, processions, parades, shows and high visits.
The triangular shape would indicate its Frankish origin.
In 1914, three quarters of the houses were destroyed. As if by miracle the Town Hall and the Belfry were only slightly damaged. After WWI some buildings were rebuilt in their original form, others in various neo-styles.
A large round “witch stone” (heksensteen) marks the spot where, according to a popular narrative, the last witch was burned at the stake in Lier. Until 1842 executions were carried out here.
Widford lies lost among the open fields a few miles along the Windrush from Burford. This isolated church can only be reached by following the footpath along the banks of the river from Swinbrook, as we did or if you have a little more time, from Burford in the opposite direction. St Oswalds stands on the site of a Roman villa with a mosaic now hidden beneath it's chancel floor and is surrounded by the bumps and hollows of the village it once served. Convention ascribes these deserted villages to the Black Death, in reality a more complex combination of factors such as climate and enclosure lead to a proportion of these desertions. However the Windrush valley suffered in both the 1348 and 1360 outbreaks and the chancel painting of the 'Tree Living Kings and The Three Dead Kings' painted at this time may be a poignant reminder of this tragedy. So if you would like to walk with us through the beautiful evening of a Spring day I am sure you will enjoy both the countryside and the fathomless history of this Cotswold valley.