St Gummarus collegiate church, where Joanna and Philip were married

The Sint-Gummaruskerk, Lier's Great Church, is a Brabantine Gothic collegiate church begun in 1378 that took about 200 years to finish. Here, on 20 October 1496, Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Castile were married, daughter of the Catholic Monarchs and mother of the future Charles V. Inside is one of the most valuable fifteenth-century stained-glass windows in the country, the silver reliquary of St Gummarus, the Colibrant triptych and a copy of the Shroud of Turin.

The church is being restored in phases until 2029 and remains partly open. The 83-metre tower, the "pepper pot", has the heaviest eighteenth-century carillon in western Europe, but can only be climbed with a group guide. Check with Visit Lier which areas are open on the day you go.