Maredret Abbey

Anhée, Belgium · built 1891

Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret), also known as l’Abbaye des saints Jean et Scolastique, is a monastery of Benedictine nuns located on the edge of Maredret, a very small village in the hilly countryside to the south of Charleroi and Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The abbey was inaugurated with the installation of seven nuns in 1893, and the abbey church was constructed between 1898 and 1907. Maredret is affiliated with the Congregation of the Annunciation within the Benedictine Confederation.

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