Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4618941
Area
Postcards
Title
Abdij van Maredsous (Abbaye de Maredsous Kloostergang
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Country
Year
1949
Collection / set
Number on postcard
Publisher as on card
General name of the publisher
Dimensions
9.0 x 13.6 cm
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Details
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.