Solières Abbey

Solières Abbey is a former Cistercian nunnery located in Wallonia in the district of Ben-Ahin, municipality of Huy, province of Liège, Belgium.

Photo: Grentidez, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Monastery
Description: former nunnery in Liège Province, Belgium
Also known as: “Château dit de l’abbaye de Solières”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cense de Solières.

Cense de Solières

Farmhouse

Cense de Solières

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Cense de Solières is a farmhouse, which is situated 1 km north of Solières Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perwez and Marchin.

Perwez

Village

Photo: Eebie, CC BY 4.0.

Perwez is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Solières Abbey.

Marchin

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marchin is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Marchin had a total population of 5,114. The total area is 30.00 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Marchin, and Vyle-et-Tharoul. Marchin is situated 3½ km east of Solières Abbey.

Goesnes

Village

Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Goesnes is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Solières Abbey.

Solières Abbey

Categories: human settlement, castle, building, historic site, and religion
Location: Huy, Arrondissement de Huy, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.47643° or 50° 28′ 35″ north

Longitude

5.17888° or 5° 10′ 44″ east

Inception

12th century

Open location code

9F27F5GH+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=monastery

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Solières Abbey” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Solières Abbey”
French: “abbaye de Solières”
French: “Abbaye de Solières”
German: “Zisterzienserinnenabtei Solières”

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Highlights include Royal Union Hutoise and Église Notre-Dame.

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