Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Hastière

The church traces its history back to a Benedictine monastery, founded in this location around the year 900 by Wigeric of Lotharingia.

Between 1882 and 1909 restoration works were carried out to plans by architect Auguste Van Assche [nl], who had parts of the tower and the nave renewed.

[1] From the outset, the church had a western tower (since heavily rebuilt), a nave and two aisles five bays long, a transept and a chancel with an apse.

It retains much of its original plan, with the exception of the chancel which was replaced by the current three-sided Gothic structure with lancet windows in the 13th century.

[1] Originally, the ground floor of the tower, open to the nave, also contained a chancel which could be used for celebrating mass; an unusual feature particular for churches influenced by the architecture of the former Saint Lambert's Cathedral in Liège, which had a "counter-chancel" in its west end.