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Five Roman emperors and Julius Caesar on horseback

Emperors visiting the Emperor's Hall

From 12 to 22 June 2025, from 14:00 - 17:00

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Exhibition as part of the Maastricht Heiligdomsvaart 2025.

Inspired by Maastricht's Roman past in which Saint Servatius played an important role during the transition to Christianity in the Roman Empire, Van der Laan has immortalised five Roman emperors and the notorious general Julius Caesar in these parts in bronze.

The sculptures are displayed in the hall of St Servatius' Basilica named after its post-Carolingian successors: the Emperor's Hall. Many Maastricht people have not yet been able to visit this historical space hidden in the Westwork. They can now do so at the time of the sanctuary events.

The exhibition "Five Roman emperors and Julius Caesar on horseback" has already been shown in Utrecht, in Xanten, in Pergola and in Rome.

And now, therefore, in Maastricht, in perhaps the finest Romanesque hall in Western Europe, from 12 to 22 June, from 14.00-17.00.

The city of Maastricht owes its name to the Roman bridge. In this sense, the exhibition does justice to the theme of the Heiligdomsvaart "Be a bridge builder".

An exhibition by Wil van der Laan in cooperation with the bronze casters of Art & Craft.