Ten Putte Abbey
Ten Putte Abbey is a monastery with an abbey in Gistel, roughly 8 km to the south of Ostend, in the western part of Belgium. It was built to mark the spot where, in 1070, Saint Godelina was murdered by strangulation and then thrown into a pond.- Email: info@moedervanvrede.be
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: abbey in Gistel, Belgium
- Also known as: “Godelieveabdij”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk and Sint-Corneliuskerk.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk
Church
Sint-Corneliuskerk
Church
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Corneliuskerk is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Ten Putte Abbey.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopnemingskerk
Church
Photo: Celine Vanhulle, Public domain.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopnemingskerk is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Ten Putte Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snaaskerke and Zande.
Snaaskerke
Village
Photo: Treehill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Snaaskerke is a village, which is situated 3 km north of Ten Putte Abbey.
Zande
Village
Moere
Village
Moere is a small village located within the municipality of Gistel in West Flanders, Belgium. The village gained some fame when American singer Marvin Gaye moved there for several months in the early 1980s. Moere is situated 4 km southeast of Ten Putte Abbey.
Ten Putte Abbey
- Categories: historic site and religion
- Location: Gistel, Arrondissement of Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.14973° or 51° 8′ 59″ northLongitude
2.92702° or 2° 55′ 37″ eastOpen location code
9F344WXG+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 114648417OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q334320
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Ten Putte Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Abdij Ten Putte”
- Dutch: “Sint-Godelieveabdij”
- French: “abbaye Sainte-Godelieve de Gistel”
- French: “Abbaye Sainte-Godelieve de Gistel”
- German: “Abtei Ten Putte”
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Highlights include Godelievemuseum and Kapel van het hemd zonder naad.
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