La Cambre Abbey
La Cambre Abbey (French: Abbaye de la Cambre) is a former abbey in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. It is between Bois de la Cambre and the Ixelles Ponds. It was founded in 1201 by a noble woman of Brussels, Gisèle.[1] The abbey church is a Catholic church. The monastery also has the headquarters of the Belgian National Geographic Institute and a visual arts school. It has a small park in the front and a larger one in the back.
La Cambre Abbey Media
La Cambre Abbey in the early 18th century
Typical Cistercian nun (or Bernardine) of La Cambre
The abbey church's main façade and portal (14th–16th centuries)
The central nave, and on the right, the actual (main) cloister to the south of the church
The Mocking of Christ (Bouts, early 16th century)
The cloister's south wall still features 13th-century blind windows and arches.
Inside view of the cloister including the baptismal font
Jardin du cloître carré
References
- ↑ "Abbaye de la Cambre". VISITBRUSSELS. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
Other websites
- Abbaye de la Cambre Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine on the Visitbrussels web site