Scourmont Abbey

Forges, Belgium · built 1923

Scourmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont) is a Trappist monastery on the Scourmont plateau, in the village of Forges which is part of Chimay in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The abbey is famous for its spiritual life and for running the Chimay Brewery, one of the few producers of Trappist beer. Life in the abbey is characterised by prayer, reading and manual work, the three basic elements of Trappist life.

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