Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4618943
Area
Postcards
Title
Maredsous Abdij Van ( Abbaye ) de Maredsous
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Year
1949
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Dimensions
13.6 x 9.0 cm
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Maredsous Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at Denée near Namur in Belgium. It is a founding member of the Annunciation Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. t was founded on 15 November 1872 by Beuron Abbey in Germany, the founder of many religious houses, at the instigation of Hildebrand de Hemptinne, a Belgian monk at Beuron and later abbot of Maredsous.