Averbode Abbey | |
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![]() Entrance of the Baroque church, finished in 1672 | |
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51°02′00″N 4°58′47″E / 51.0333°N 4.9797°E | |
Location | Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flemish Brabant |
Country | Belgium |
Denomination | Premonstratensian |
History | |
Founded | About 1134–1135 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Jan Van den Eynde II |
Style | Baroque; Gothic; Renaissance |
Years built | 1664-1672 |
Groundbreaking | 31 July 1664 |
Completed | 11 July 1672 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Mechelen-Brussels |
Averbode Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey situated in Averbode, in the municipality Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant), in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium. It was founded about 1134, suppressed in 1797, and reestablished in 1834. Throughout the 20th century the abbey press was a leading children's publisher in Belgium. The church's building is a peculiar synthesis of Baroque and Gothic, with Renaissance ornament details, dominating the monastery complex.[1][2][3] The whole structure was built of iron sandstone from Langdorp and white sandstone from Gobertange between 1664 and 1672, after a design by the Antwerp architect Jan Van den Eynde II.[3][2][4][5][1]
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