About Church of Saint-Sulpice, Jumet
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The Church of Saint Sulpice (French: Église Saint-Sulpice; French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Roman Catholic church in Jumet, a neighborhood of the Belgian town of Charleroi in Hainaut, Wallonia. It is dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious. The oldest material traces of a religious building on the site dates back to the 10th century. Three churches preceding the current construction were identified during excavations carried out in 1967. The current building was built between 1750 and 1753 in a classical style, by an anonymous architect. The brick and limestone church is quite homogeneous. It's composed of six bayed naves flanked by aisles, a three-sided transept and a choir with a polygonal ambulatory with a sacristy in its axis. The chamfered base is in dimension stone on the frontage, in rubble stones and sandstone for the rest. All the angles of the building are toothed and every second stone is bossed. In 1943, German occupation authorities commandeered the bells. The 1590 bell was taken down and shipped to Germany.The church has been listed as a Belgian cultural heritage site since 1949.
