architecture

Lier Town Hall, Belfry

Lier, Flanders, Belgium

Belfort [Dutch]

Architecture

higher-level structure
Lier Town Hall
built
1369-1411
style/period
Gothic
work type
belfort
form/concept
quadrangular plan
material
sandstone
technique
stonemasonry
architect
Hendrik Mijs

Architecture: Lier Town Hall

built
1367
culture
Flemish, Belgian
style/period
Medieval, Rococo
work type
1367–1418
cloth hall
city hall / town hall
since 1418
city hall / town hall
form/concept
rectangular plan
material
Balegem stone, Tournai limestone, brick
technique
stonemasonry, masonry
architect / constr. phase
1367
construction of original structure with crenellated top and turrets
1740-1742
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the younger
restauration and construction of new front and rear facades
1744-1745
addition iron railing
1960-1962
general restauration

Specifications

height
42.5 m

Specification: Lier Town Hall

width
10.0 m
length
30.0 m

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Belgium » Flanders » Antwerp Province » Arrondissement Mechelen » Lier
local language location name
location:
Lier [Dutch]
country:
België [Dutch]
Belgique [French]
Belgien [German]
historical affiliations
1367-1795
Holy Roman Empire
1367-1430
Duchy of Brabant
1430-1477
Burgundian Netherlands
1477-1556
Habsburg Netherlands
1556-1714
Spanish Netherlands
1714-1794
Austrian Netherlands
1795-1815
France
1815-1830
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

UNESCO World Heritage Site

City Hall and Belfry Tower of Lier
type
cultural
criteria
II, IV
designation
reference
943bis-013