Namur
Arrondissement de Dinant
Anhée

Maredsous Abbey

Maredsous Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at , in the municipality of , , Belgium. It is a founding member of the Annunciation Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Belgian Benedictine monastery
  • Also known as: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Address: Rue de Maredsous 11

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Sosoye and Falaën Castle.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Maredsous Abbey.

Castle
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is a château-ferme, or fortified farmhouse, in the village of , municipality of , province of Namur, , . The castle was built between 1670 and 1673 by the Polchet Family to protect themselves from traveling bands of brigands. is situated 3½ km southeast of Maredsous Abbey.

Castle
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is a ruined medieval castle in in the municipality of , province of Namur, . It was built in the 14th century, and destroyed by Henry II of France in 1554. is situated 3½ km east of Maredsous Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maredsous and Sosoye.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet of the village of , , located in the municipality of , , . The Abbey was founded in 1872 by Beuron monks and is built in Gothic Revival style.

Village
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is a village of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . lies in the valley of the Molignée and had 151 inhabitants in 2007.

Village
is a village of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . Maredsous Abbey and Maredret Abbey are located nearby, in the hamlet of .

Maredsous Abbey

Latitude
50.30213° or 50° 18′ 8″ north
Longitude
4.76672° or 4° 46′ 0″ east
Elevation
220 metres (722 feet)
Open location code
9F268Q28+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131547120
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
11002874
Wiki­data ID
Q2719216
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Maredsous Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Asturian: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Basque: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Basque: “Maredsous abadia”
  • Basque: “Maredsouseko Abatetxea”
  • Bulgarian: “Абатство Маредсу”
  • Catalan: “Abaye de Maredsous”
  • Catalan: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Maredsous”
  • Danish: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Finnish: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • French: “abbaye de Maredsous”
  • French: “Abbaye de Maredsous”
  • French: “Abbaye Saint-Benoît de Maredsous”
  • French: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • German: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • German: “Abtei Maredsous”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Maredsous”
  • Irish: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Maredsous”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Maredsous”
  • Italian: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Maredsous”
  • Portuguese: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Romanian: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Sardinian: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Spanish: “Abadia de Maredsous”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Maredsous”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Maredsous”
  • Spanish: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Swedish: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Walloon: “Abdij van Maredsous”
  • Walloon: “Abeye di Maredsou”
  • Welsh: “Abdij van Maredsous”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maredsous Abbey”. Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.