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The Saint Martin's Cathedral.

This impressive medieval church did not survive the disaster of the first World War. However, the church has been successfully rebuilt. A lot of the material from the damaged church has been used again in the reconstruction.

The original building was started in 1221, the tower was completed between 1433-1434 by architect Martin Utenhove and the upper part of the church was completed by the beginning of the 16th century. The style is not really uniform, but the cathedral comes across as a very harmonious construction.

Spread all over the cathedral are decorations from different times which survived the destruction.

In the St. Martin's cathedral stands the grave of bishop Cornelius Jansen, better known as 'Jansenius'. The grave is indicated with a very simple inscription in the floor of the church. Jansenius was condemned as a heretic when he published his new philosophical ideas in his book "Augustinus" in 1638.

The Saint-George's Memorial Church.

This Anglican prayer house was designed by the London architect Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1928-1929. Earl Haig suggested that a church be founded.
This church would serve the British colony that had remained in Belgium after the war and the many pilgrims that would certainly return to Flanders. It stands as a memorial to the soldiers who died in Flemish soil in the Great War.

It contains many memorials to individual soldiers and officers, battalions, regiments, leaders and companies

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