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Orval Abbey – Gothic Ruins

Wallonia, Belgium — August 26th, 2012

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  1. barbara DIckins says:

    Thanks for sharing this sacred place.

  2. Jerry Braunstein says:

    It’s so good it looks like a movie set for Ivanhoe or Robin Hood.

  3. Stephanie says:

    Breathtaking!

Orval is one of the great monastic communities in Belgium that brews famous “abbey style” trappist beer. Tourists are not permitted inside the brewery or cloistered abbey, but can tour a brewery museum and the ruins of the original abbey that was left in disrepair when they built a more modern abbey next door. It was a gorgeous place to wander and photograph – and I highly recommend a visit if you find yourself in Luxembourg or Southern Belgium. (Photograph taken in April 2012)


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