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Abbey
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Copyright: Vanessa RB (Vanessa132) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 74 W: 0 N: 99] (641)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-12
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon D40X, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 DX Nikkor
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-13 0:35
Viewed: 212
Points: 2
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A part of the Abbey of Tongerlo…the sheep-fold and the old farm

Abbey of Tongerlo
Located near Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1128 in honour of the Blessed Virgin, by de Giselbert, who not only gave the land, but also himself became a lay brother in it. The first religious were sent from St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp, under Henry, who had come with St. Norbert to Antwerp to extirpate the Tanchelmite heresies. The charter of its foundation was signed, amongst others, by St. Bernard of Clarivaux and by the Blessed Waltman, first Abbot of Antwerp. The Bishop of Cambrai granted synodal rights to the abbots. From very small beginnings the abbey grew to be in time one of the most important in Belgium, making its spiritual and social influence felt in a large district called Campine, now in north-east Belgium and south Holland, then a wild district in which but scanty provision was found for the spiritual and social needs of its scattered inhabitants. Considering the scarcity of priests and the good done by the religious of Tongerloo, the bishops of Cambrai, the chapters of Liège and Maastricht, and several landowners confided the charge of parishes, with the right of patronage, to the abbey thus it came to pass that in time the abbey had to provide priests for some forty parishes, or small Norbertine residences, in these parts.
Source Catholic Encyclopedia

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  • lukie Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 846 W: 36 N: 1417] (10906)
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Dag Vanessa,

heel mooie, kleurige foto van dit gebouw. Hopelijk vind je het niet erg dat ik in een WS de rechterkant van het gebouw "recht" getrokken heb. Ik heb er ook een klein beetje scherpte aan toegevoegd.

vriendelijke groeten,

Luc.

update : na dit geschreven te hebben, zie ik dat de optie "post to workshop" niet meer kan... ?

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