Fragment of St. Martin’s Church falls down

Around five o’clock yesterday afternoon, a large fragment of the Saint Martin’s Church in the heart of Kortrijk came loose. A small particle fell down a year ago, the Kerkfabriek then did the necessary. The city, Immovable Heritage, the Kerkfabriek and Monumentenwacht are still together this week to see what interventions should be done now.

“We were very lucky, if you know that next week, for example, there is a meeting in the church on the occasion of the Liberation festivities of the city. So it could have been much worse,” says Philippe De Coene, alderman for real estate in Kortrijk. .