The westwork of the Basilica of Our Lady in Maastricht was begun shortly after the year 1000. The nave and transepts are largely from the second half of the eleventh century, and the east choir is from the twelfth century. The article calls the style Romanesque, an important example of the Mosan group of churches. The nave received Gothic vaults in the thirteenth century.
It has a tall, massive westwork flanked by two narrow towers, two choirs and two crypts. Twenty carved capitals line the choir ambulatory, including one signed Heimo. The late Gothic cloisters were built in 1558 and 1559.
Pierre Cuypers restored the church from 1887 to 1917. The military used it as a blacksmith shop and stables until 1837. Pope Pius XI made it a minor basilica in 1933.
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