La Cambre Abbey

Belgium

La Cambre Abbey or Ter Kameren Abbey (Dutch: Abdij Ter Kameren) is a former Cistercian abbey in IxellesBrussels (Belgium). The abbey was founded around 1196. It was suppressed during the French Revolution. Most of today’s buildings date from the 18th century; only the church, the refectory and the wing of the capitular hall maintain their medieval character. The simple abbey church houses Albert Bouts‘ early 16th-century oil painting The Mocking of Christ.

On the Ixelles Ponds‘ side, La Cambre Abbey has two entrances. The cloister adjoins the Church of Our Lady of the Cambre and the refectory. The abbey church shows the transition between the primitive Gothic and the Flamboyant Gothic styles. Its northern part dates from the 15th century, whilst its southern part has retained its original roof and two windows from the early 14th century. It includes a single nave 54 m (177 ft) long and 11 m (36 ft) wide, covered with a shingle vault erected in 1603.

The 18th-century abbesses’ residence, with its cour d’honneur (main courtyard) in the neoclassical style and French formal gardens, has preserved the presbytery, the stables, and other dependencies.

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Priory of La Cambre Abbey of La Cambre 11 1050 BRUSSELS
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02 648 91 14