Events at
Saint-Benoît de Maredsous
Abbaye de Maredsous • Rue de Maredsous 11
5537 Denée (Anhée)
Abbey church | 1872 | Neogothic | Catholic Church
Maredsous, yesterday, today and tomorrow
Exhibition
25 September 2025 - 31 December 2025 : 10.00 - 10.00Permanent exhibition open to the public, under the Portico of the Esplanade
Through texts and numerous photographs, the exhibition recounts the history of Maredsous: the founding family, the Desclées, its abbots, but also its foundations, namely the Abbey School, which became Saint-Benoît College, the School of Arts and Crafts, and the abbeys and priories in Belgium and abroad that Maredsous founded. The exhibition looks back at the vision of the architectural and artistic project of its architect, Jean-Baptiste Bethune's neo-Gothic style, some elements of which were put into competition with the Beuron School of Painting.
