Thuin
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Thuin is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The old city and the belfry
The Ville-Basse (lower part of the town) along the Sambre river
Aulne Abbey
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Aulne Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located between Thuin and Landelies on the river Sambre in the Bishopric of Liège, Belgium. It is now a Walloon Heritage Site.
Thuin
…duties. The village was a possession of the abbey of Lobbes and, together with the abbey, became part of the Bishopric of Liège in 888. The neighbouring Aulne Abbey, reputedly founded in the 7th century by Landelin, a repentant robber, was also made part of the Bishopric of Liège. A century later, Prince-Bishop…
Ruins of Aulne Abbey
Facade of the abbey church