Marie Spilar Tower

Like its companion, the Belfry, the Marie Spilar Tower is a remnant of Namur’s third city wall from the late 14th century. Its imposing cut limestone façade immediately hints at this past, but another detail drives the point home: a roughly patched area about halfway up the tower’s 15 meters marks where a section of the rampart once attached. More than just a barrier facing the city center, this wall segment included a walkway along the fortifications where sentinels patrolled. They accessed it through a small arched door that still stands today. Restored in 1949 and listed as Wallonia’s cultural heritage in 1955, the Marie Spilar Tower is both a piece of history and a tribute—through its name—to a former resident of the neighborhood.