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Thorn, also called the white village. Up to French took over in the 18th century, a wealthy convent village, ruled by female.
Only female descandants from the fine noblesse were admitted to the convent. Mother reverend ruled her ocnvent and the village as if it were a monarchy.
After the convent had been taken over by the French and most of its buildings destroyed, the stones were used by the villagers to enlarge their house.
They weren t the best brickworkers and therefor the houses were painted white. From then on it was called the little white village.
Thorn became a sleepy agricultural village and that probably saved lot of it s original character.
Now you can walk the cobblestone roads and imagine the nuns walking here.
And when you go inside the church, the true former wealth of the monastry shows. A sure must see! |
The church lost its tower during WW II but fortunately nowadays that fact hardly shows. |
| Kitchen of the monastry, Thorn |
One of the remaining buildings of the monastry. This is the place where once the kitchen sisters prepared meals. |
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sim1 Thu Apr 3, 2003 23:52 UTC
What a beautiful little church! Mmm, the flan tart sounds delcious!!! | truus_s Mon Mar 17, 2003 20:30 UTC
Is een leuk plaatsje ..Ben er als eens doorgefietst..Wat een mooi kerkje hebben ze daar!!! |
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