Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey

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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. ()

Local name: Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Established: 1413 (611 years ago)Coordinates: 50°38'39"N, 4°19'18"E

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Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lion's Mound, Hougoumont, Nivelles Abbey, Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude.

4.3 miNE
View point, Memorial, Historical place
Lion's Mound, Braine-l'Alleud
111 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...
3.7 miNE
Historical place, Memorial, Farm
Hougoumont, Braine-l'Alleud
96 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.
3.2 miS
Romanesque architecture, Monastery
Nivelles Abbey, Nivelles
82 min walk • 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.
3.3 miS
Architecture, Romanesque architecture, Church
Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles
84 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.
6.1 miNE
History museum, Museum
Wellington Museum, Waterloo
155 min walk • The Wellington Museum in Waterloo, Belgium is located in the house where the Duke of Wellington, spent the night before and after the Battle of Waterloo.
4.3 miE
Museum
Napoleon's Last HQ
111 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.
6 miNE
Church, Baroque architecture
Church of Saint Joseph, Waterloo
154 min walk • The Church of Saint Joseph of Waterloo is an 18th-century Belgian church in Waterloo dedicated to Saint Joseph.
~990 ftSE
Forts and castles
Château de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac
5 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.
5.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Houtain-le-Val Castle
152 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.
4.9 miSW
Canal
Brussels–Charleroi Canal
126 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 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hallerbos
116 min walk • The Hallerbos is a forest in Belgium, covering an area of 552 ha. It is mostly situated in the municipality of Halle, in Flemish Brabant and has also a little part in Walloon Brabant.