Aulne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25948AUL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Date: n.d.

Church / Chapel Name: Abbaye d'Aulne (in ruins)

Font Location in Church: disappeared?

Church Notes: Aulney Abbey originally founded as a Benedictine monastery in 656; by secular clerics 974; adopted Augustinian rule 1144; French revolutionary troops burned the abbey in 1794; monastery abandoned 1859; historic monument since 2006 [NB: on-site brewery revived in 1950]

Site Location: Hainaut, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe

Directions to Site: Former monastery located 2 km NW of Landelies, 10 km WSW of Charleroi. It is now a Heritage Site

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information of the font of the medieval monastery church here]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this site to our attention

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 594793 5582103

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.383333, 4.333333

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 23′ 0″ N, 4° 20′ 0″ E