Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois

Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois is a church in Braine-le-Château, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Wallonia. Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois is situated nearby to the forest Bois du Chapître, as well as near the nature reserve Ermitage.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Inscription: “O vierge pleine d’amabilité voyez ma disgrace et misère. Je vous invoque de tout mon cœur. Secourez moi. O ma tendre mère me laisserez vous sans consolation ? Bienheureuse vierge Marie augmentez ma confiance en vous.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pillory of Braine-le-Château and K-W Line.

Pillory of Braine-le-Château

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.

Pillory of Braine-le-Château is situated 1 km north of Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois.

K-W Line

Ruins

Photo: WO2, Public domain.

The Koningshooikt–Wavre Line, abbreviated to KW Line and often known as the Dyle Line after the Dijle river, was a 60-kilometre-long fortified line of defence prepared by the Belgian Army between Koningshooikt and Wavre which was intended to protect Brussels from a possible German invasion. K-W Line is situated 2½ km north of Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois.

Braine Castle

Residential building

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Braine Castle is a castle in Braine-le-Château, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium. In 649 the Abbess of Mons St. Waudru ceded her "land of Ittre", including Braine, to the Chapter of Mons. Braine Castle is situated 1¼ km north of Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ittre and Wauthier-Braine.

Ittre

Village

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ittre is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. Since the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, Ittre and Virginal-Samme. Ittre is situated 2½ km south of Chapelle Notre-Dame au Bois.