Villers Abbey
Villers Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located in the town of Villers-la-Ville, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Founded in 1146, the abbey was abandoned in 1796.Photo: Herman.vandenbroeck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
November—March: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
April—October: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
December 24th: closed
December 25th: closed
December 31st: closed
January 1st: closed - Email: info@villers.be
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: former abbey in Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
- Also known as: “Ancienne Abbaye de Villers”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Bernard de Villers-la-Ville and Chapelle Notre-Dame de Montaigu.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Montaigu
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Montaigu is a church, which is situated 220 metres southeast of Villers Abbey.
Église Notre-Dame de la Visitation de Villers-la-Ville
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Notre-Dame de la Visitation de Villers-la-Ville is a church, which is situated 1½ km south of Villers Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sart-Messire-Guillaume and Marbisoux.
Sart-Messire-Guillaume
Village
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sart-Messire-Guillaume is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Villers Abbey.
Marbisoux
Village
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marbisoux is a village, which is situated 5 km south of Villers Abbey.
Quatre Bras
Hamlet
Quatre Bras is a hamlet in the municipality of Genappe, Wallonia, Belgium. It lies on the crossroad of the Charleroi–Brussels road and the Nivelles–Namur road south of Genappe. Quatre Bras is situated 6 km west of Villers Abbey.
Villers Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Villers-la-Ville, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.5907° or 50° 35′ 27″ northLongitude
4.52974° or 4° 31′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F26HGRH+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 26718192OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1493708
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Villers Abbey” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Viller-la-Vill monastırı”
- Basque: “Villersko abadia”
- Czech: “Klášter Villers”
- Dutch: “abdij van Villers”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Villers”
- Finnish: “Villersin luostari”
- French: “abbaye de Villers-la-Ville”
- French: “abbaye de Villers”
- French: “Abbaye de Villers”
- German: “Kloster Villers-la-Ville”
- Italian: “abbazia di Villers-la-Ville”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Villers-la-Ville”
- Japanese: “ヴィレ修道院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “abbaye de Villers”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Villers kloster”
- Polish: “Opactwo w Villers-la-Ville”
- Portuguese: “abadia de Villers”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Villers-la-Ville”
- Russian: “Монастырь Виллер-ла-Виль”
- Spanish: “abadia de Villers”
- Spanish: “abadía de Villers”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Villers”
- Swedish: “Villers kloster”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruines de l’abbaye de Villers and Ruines de l’abbaye de Villers.
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