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Open Monument Days 2024

Visit the east crypt of Saint Servatius Basilica

The 11th-century east crypt is one of the oldest parts of the basilica, but normally not freely accessible to visitors. For several decades, the crypt has been set up as a so-called lapidarium: a room in which a collection of stones has been gathered. (Lapis is Latin for stone.) The stones on display in the crypt date from all periods of the church's building history, and even before that. 

The stones on display in the crypt date from all periods of the church's building history, and even before. You will find, among other things, a fragment of a Roman sarcophagus, early Christian tombstones, a Merovingian carved relief, Frankish sarcophagi, Romanesque capitals, and the remains of the Gothic rood screen that once separated the choir from the nave.

Opening hours:

Saturday 14-9: 11:00-17:00

Sunday 15-9: 12:00-17:00

Location: 

Vrijthof, east entrance to Saint Servatius Basilica

 

Please note: the east crypt is only accessible via a (tricky) staircase!