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Abbey Ruins Description
From the entrance to the abbey grounds the Court of Charity and the guest house can be seen.

Visitors pass through the shop where souvenirs, cheese and bread are sold, and arrive in the old reception house where an audio-visual show (in French and Dutch) gives information about the life of the monks. From the ruins looking left is an equipment barn which was once the studio of the lay brother Jean-Henri-Gilson (1741-1809) known as the painter-monk Abraham of Orval; many churches in the vicinity possess one of his paintings.

Nearby is the Mathilde Fountain about which is woven the legend of Countess Mathilde's lost ring.
Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin;  Christian sites;  Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain
Abbey Ruins Highlights

Gothic Monastery Church

The remains of the early Gothic monastery church consist of the parts which have survived: the walls and arches of the nave of the choir and the apse, as well as the transepts; the great rose
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Herb Garden and Museum of Medicine

Returning to the abbey entrance building a look should be taken at the herb garden and the old apothecary in which a museum of medicine has been set up.
Hours
April 8 to September 30
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October 1 to April 7
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Closed12:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:30
Open13:3013:3013:3013:3013:3013:3013:30
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Typical Visit
20 minutes
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