Ten Putte Abbey, Gistel

Name: Ten Putte Abbey
Address: Gistel, Belgium

#1 among attractions in Gistel

Top attraction, Sacred and religious sites, Church, Monastery

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Ten Putte Abbey is a monastery with an abbey in Gistel, roughly 8 km to the south of Ostend, in the western part of Belgium. It was built to mark the spot where, in 1070, Saint Godelina was murdered by strangulation and then thrown into a pond. Before 2007 the abbey was home to nine Benedictine nuns, who were members of the wider Subiaco Cassinese Congregation in West Flanders. Since 2007 it has been occupied by brothers and sisters of the "Mother of Peace" community. ()

Local name: Abbaye Sainte-Godelieve de Gistel Coordinates: 51°8'58"N, 2°55'38"E

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Ten Putte Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Atlantic Wall open-air museum, Mu.ZEE, Vladslo German war cemetery, Lange Max Museum.

5 miNW
Museum, Regional park, Military museum
Atlantic Wall open-air museum, Ostend
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5.3 miN
Museum, Art museum
Mu.ZEE, Ostend
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5.4 miS
Memorial site, Cemetery
Vladslo German war cemetery, Diksmuide
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3.2 miSE
Museum, Historical place, Military museum
Lange Max Museum, Koekelare
83 min walk • The Lange Max Museum is devoted to the German 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" gun and the German occupation of Koekelare and the nearby area in World War I. The focus on the German side of the war makes it a unique museum in Belgium.
3.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
Site Lange Max
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5.4 miN
Museum
Mercator Ship, Ostend
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2.2 miE
51°9'32"N • 2°58'31"E
Oostmolen, Gistel
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51°12'41"N • 2°52'19"E
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Duinenkerk, Ostend
125 min walk • Church
5.4 miN
Restored 1930s ship-turned-museum
Mercator Ship, Ostend
138 min walk • The barquentine Mercator was built as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus Mercator, a Belgian cartographer. She was designed by G.L. Watson & Co. and built in Leith, Scotland and launched in 1932.
5.2 miN
51°13'30"N • 2°54'49"E
Sint-Jozefkerk, Ostend
134 min walk • Church
4.7 miSE
51°5'25"N • 2°58'45"E
Saint Martin's Church, Koekelare
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