page_title: Nivelles
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Nivelles / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Nivelles (Belgique), nef de la collégiale Sainte-Gertrude (XI/XIIIe siècle). English: Nivelles (Belgium), St. Gertrude Collegiate church nave (XI/XIIIth centuries). Nederlands: Nijvel (België), schip van de Sint-Gertrudis Collegialekerk (XI/XIIIde eeuwen). Walon: Nivèle (Bèljike), nèf dol coléjiale Sint Djèrtrûde (XI/XIIIin.me sièkes).
context_page_description: Nivelles is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the old communes of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monstreux.
  The Nivelles district includes all the municipalities in Walloon Brabant.
  The Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude has been classified as a heritage site of Wallonia.
context_section_description: The collegiate church of Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of the city, dates from the 11th to the 13th century and is one of the best examples of Romanesque style in Belgium.  It has been classified as one of Europe's major heritage sites.  Tombs from the Merovingian (7th century) and Carolingian (9th century) periods have been found under the church.  The Romanesque crypt is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.
  The two-meter-tall statue that strikes the hours in one of the towers (French: jacquemart) is affectionately known as "Jean de Nivelles".  Jean dates from around 1400.
  The Recollets convent and its church date from the 16th century.
  Nivelles also has an archaeological museum, which complements the visit at Saint Gertrude.
  The "Dodaine" park provides a welcome green space on the southern side of the town.
caption: Nave of Saint Gertrude
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