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The Gardens of the Abbey of La Cambre

Located near the Place Flagey, below Louise and De Mot Avenues, the gardens of the Abbey of La Cambre follow the hilly contours of the terrain. One part is developed as a wooded park, the other in classical-style terraces.

The Abbey of La Cambre was founded in the 13th century by a Brussels Benedictine monk wanting to adopt the more austere rule of Saint Bernard.

The French-style gardens were created at the beginning of the 18th century.

Two distinct types of gardens make up the decor of the Abbey of La Cambre. To the south and east (along Avenue Duray) are a bowl-shaped wooded park and a body of water, the “duck pond”, fed by the source of the Maelbeek. To the west is a terraced garden that compensates for the downgrade of the terrain and to which one gains access by a monumental staircase.

The gardens of the Abbey of La Cambre now serve as the setting for the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels and the National Geographical Institute. They have some very fine specimens of trees. Among these is a London plane tree with a circumference of 327 cm.

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13 Abbaye de la Cambre
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