Nivelles Abbey, Nivelles

Name: Nivelles Abbey
Address: Place Lambert Schiffelers, Nivelles, Belgium

#1 among attractions in Nivelles

Top attraction, Romanesque architecture, Monastery

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The Abbey of Nivelles, is a former Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in 640. It is located in Wallonia in the town of Nivelles in Province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. ()

Local name: Abbaye de Nivelles Established: 649 (1375 years ago)Coordinates: 50°35'52"N, 4°19'25"E

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Place Lambert SchiffelersNivelles Belgium

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Day trips

Nivelles Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lion's Mound, Hougoumont, Château de Seneffe, Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude.

6.6 miNE
View point, Memorial, Historical place
Lion's Mound, Braine-l'Alleud
169 min walk • The Lion's Mound stands as a solemn reminder of one of history's most significant battles, the Battle of Waterloo. Located in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium, this monumental hill surmounted by a cast-iron lion was erected on the battlefield where the allied forces, under the...
6 miNE
Historical place, Memorial, Farm
Hougoumont, Braine-l'Alleud
153 min walk • Château d'Hougoumont is a walled farm compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium.
5.5 miSW
Forts and castles, Historical place, Museum
Château de Seneffe, Seneffe
141 min walk • The Château of Seneffe or Château de Seneffe is an 18th-century château located in the municipality of Seneffe in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. The château is property of the French Community of Belgium and serves as the "Centre de l'orfèvrerie de la communauté française" which displays a collection of antique silverware.
~350 ftSE
Architecture, Romanesque architecture, Church
Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles
2 min walk • The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude is a historical building in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, which was built in the 11th century.
5.4 miNE
Museum
Napoleon's Last HQ
138 min walk • Napoleon's Last HQ is a museum housed in the Ferme du Caillou at Genappe, Belgium, in which the Emperor Napoleon stayed the night before the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. The site is located 4 kilometres south of the Lion of Waterloo, at Chaussée de Bruxelles 66, 1472 Genappe.
3.2 miN
Monastery
Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey
82 min walk • Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey is a former Augustinian abbey in Wallonia, then a Premonstratensian priory, dependent on Averbode Abbey and now occupied by the Lebanese Maronite Order. It is located in Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Belgium.
3.1 miN
Forts and castles
Château de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac
78 min walk • Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Castle is a stately home in Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Wallonia, part of the commune of Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The present building dates from 1737, but the site is substantially older.
4.2 miE
Forts and castles
Houtain-le-Val Castle
107 min walk • Houtain-le-Val Castle is a château in Houtain-le-Val, Wallonia, in the municipality of Genappe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The first castle on the site is believed to have been built by Walter de Holton, first lord of Houtain, in 1129. When it was restored in 1850, two small towers were added.
4.4 miW
Canal
Brussels–Charleroi Canal
113 min walk • The Brussels–Charleroi Canal, also known as the Charleroi Canal amongst other similar names, is an important canal in Belgium. The canal is quite large, with a Class IV Freycinet gauge, and its Walloon portion is 47.9 kilometres long. It runs from Charleroi, Wallonia in the south to Brussels in the north.
4.5 miW
Canal
Ronquières inclined plane
114 min walk • The Ronquières Inclined Plane is a Belgian canal inclined plane on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia that opened in April 1968 after six years of construction. It is in the municipality of Braine-le-Comte and takes its name from the nearby village of Ronquières.
0.4 miS
50°35'30"N • 4°19'21"E
Parc de la Dodaine, Nivelles
11 min walk • Body of water, Park