Editing Tongeren (section)

===Middle Ages===
[[File:Moerenpoort, Tongeren.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Moeren Gate, a monumental gate in the medieval city wall]]
Already in the fourth century, just as the Salian Franks were settling to the north, the city became the center of a Christian diocese under the influence of [[Saint Servatius]], [[bishop of Tongeren]], who died in 384 AD. In the meantime, the Franks to the north and east were pagan and so many areas had to be reconverted over the course of the following centuries, with several missionaries becoming martyrs. The seat of the Tungrian bishopric however eventually moved to nearby [[Maastricht]], after Saint Servatius was buried near the Roman town there. Much later, [[Liège]] became the seat of what would become the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège]], the church equivalent to the Civitas Tungrorum. This was the resting place of Saint [[Lambert of Maastricht]], one of the last missionaries in the area, who died about 700 AD.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jona Lendering |url=https://www.livius.org/se-sg/servatius/servatius.html |title=Servatius of Tongeren |publisher=Livius.org |access-date=2014-05-20}}</ref> Aduatuca Tungrorum may have been destroyed by the Huns in 451 AD. Tongeren therefore lost some importance during this period.

Significant waves of Germanic settlers and invaders changed the area. The [[Merovingian]] period between the fifth and the eighth century is not well documented. The building of a new church and the foundation of a chapter of [[canon (priest)|canons]] took place in [[Carolingian]] times, at the very place where the old bishops’ houses stood, and where the basilica still stands today. The construction of the current basilica started at the beginning of the thirteenth century in the prevalent [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style of that period. Other buildings were added to the religious core of the city, including new commercial areas, hospitals and artisans quarters.  The thirteenth century also saw the building of the medieval defensive wall, several new churches and cloisters, and the beguinage. The city became one of the “[[Good Cities|bonnes villes]]” ("good cities") of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].

[[File:20100706 tongeren98.JPG|thumb|upright|Het Plein ("The Square") with a "[[Perron (columnar monument)|Perron]]", the historic symbol of being one of the "[[Good Cities]]".]]