Grandpré Abbey

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Grandpré Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Wallonia located at Faulx-les-Tombes, in the province of Namur, Belgium. The only remains of the abbey are the gatehouse and the attached range at the main entrance, the farm buildings and the mill, once powered by the Samson brook, which crosses the site. ()

Local name: Abbaye de Grandpré Architectural style: Romanesque artCoordinates: 50°25'5"N, 5°1'2"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Crupet Castle, Scladina, Château du Moisnil, Fort de Maizeret.

5.3 miSW
Forts and castles, Historical place, Architecture
Crupet Castle
137 min walk • Crupet Castle, is a medieval moated donjon or fortified farmhouse in the village of Crupet, Wallonia, since 1977 part of the municipality of Assesse, province of Namur, Belgium.
4.6 miN
Museum, Nature, Natural attraction
Scladina
117 min walk • Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an exhaustive collection of over thirteen thousand Mousterian stone artifacts and the...
3.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Château du Moisnil, Marche-les-Dames
92 min walk • The Château du Moisnil is a château or manor house of Wallonia, located in the village of Maizeret, municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Belgium.
3.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Fort de Maizeret
87 min walk • The Fort de Maizeret is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goyet Caves
52 min walk • The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Wallonia in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province, Belgium.
3.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Fort d'Andoy
95 min walk • The Fort d'Andoy is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
5.9 miNE
Art museum, Museum
Musée de la céramique, Andenne
152 min walk • The ceramics museum, located in the Belgian town of Andenne, presents a vast collection of ceramics dating from the Gallo-Roman era to the present day, retracing nearly 2000 years of activity around derle, a high quality white clay found in the...
1.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Tours
Grottes de Goyet, Gesves
47 min walk • The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Wallonia in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province, Belgium.
3.7 miN
Forts and castles
Bonneville Castle
94 min walk • Bonneville Castle is a stately home in Bonneville in the municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Originally a farmhouse with a 15th-century donjon, it was acquired in 1617 by Jacques de Zualart, who began an extensive rebuilding, the continuance of which ruined his son, Tilmant de Zualart.
6 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Church
Collégiale Sainte-Begge, Namur
154 min walk • The Collegiate Church of Saint Begge is a Catholic religious building located in the heart of the city of Andenne in the province of Namur. The neoclassical church is dedicated to Saint Begge, founder of the monastery to which the seven churches...
0.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Faulx-les-Tombes Castle
18 min walk • Faulx-les-Tombes Castle is a 19th-century château in Faulx-les-Tombes in the municipality of Gesves, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The first castle on the site was built in the 13th century and was a dependency of the County of Namur. In about 1340 it passed into the ownership of the Marbaix family.