The ruins of the Orval abbey and its museums
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Do enter a hotbed that is steeped in history. The abbey, its ruins, its two museums, the historical one and the drugs one, the marked course and the space that is dedicated to the famous trappist beer will plunge you in the epic and in the everyday-life of the cistercian monks who live in this prestigeous abbey.additional description
The current basilica is built on the basements of the abbey from the 18th century. In these very wide cellars that excited the treasure hunters during a very long time, the historical museum is set in nine rooms that host the archaeological collection, the lapidary one, the metalwork and the goldsmith ones, and some ancient pieces of furniture and paintings. Some models give us a precise idea about the beauty of the first abbey from the 12th century and the splendour of the one from the 18th century. The drugs museum is in front of the « Botanical » Garden, a name that was given for the medicinal plants at the Middle Ages. Each plant had a specific use : urinary, digestive, bloodstream, breathing… The exhibited implements were used by druggist friar Antoine Perrin (1738-1788). A beautiful collection of glass-made and faience jars for keeping herbs, a wonderful balance, several mortars made with stone and with cast iron, some alambics, some small tools for making capsules are presented in pieces of furniture from that period. Orval was notably famous for its Arquebusade herbal water potions. The collection is rich with a serie of appliances that were used for preparing drugs : crusher, pillbox and for caring such as : hirudo syringe
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Visit of the cistercian Ruins
Abdij van Orval
A l'Ange Gardien
Visit of the cistercian Ruins
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Visitors to the abbey are shown an audiovisual presentation on the abbey’s history and the daily life of its monastic community. They can then visit the ruins of the mediaeval abbey, the museum installed in an eighteenth-century crypt, the pharmaceutical museum and medicinal herb garden and the waymarked history trail with explanatory panels in English. A new exhibition entitled “Les Communs d'Abraham” presents the abbey’s exceptional brewing heritage. The famous beer and cheese made by the monks in the monastery is on sale in the visitors’ shop, along with books, postcards, souvenirs and religious items. Guidebook and explanatory panels in English. Guided tours in English must be booked at least two weeks in advance.brochure description
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Abdij van Orval
De abdij Notre-Dame d'Orval (of Orval) is een Cisterciënzer-trappistenklooster in Villers-devant-Orval in de stad Florenville.
Deze abdij herbergt een brouwerij en een zuivelfabriek produceert kaas en een bier waarvan de reputatie gaat veel verder dan de landsgrenzen.
Men kan ook een museum, een tuin, tijdelijke tentoonstellingen en vele andere dingen te vinden.
Orval
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+32(0)61 31 10 60
+32(0)61 32 51 35
+32(0)61 32 51 35
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Theater oratorio: L'OR DU VAL
Theater oratorio: L'OR DU VAL
L'Or du Val is a never-done show, presented in form of theater oratorio. This genuine art kind is based on the dialogue between theater presentation, musical creation and the work of lights. As a stage ritual, this living Art has a genuine writing, 4 acts in 1 prelude and 22 scenes. It gathers 80 professionals and amateurs : comedians, lyric artists, instrument players and a choir.
L'Or du Val will relate the high times in the history of the Abbey since 1070, in its spirituality and its humanism. The theatrical creation is based on a thought about the successive constructions and destructions through the periods : fires, exiles, revolutions ...
Grand finale of the celebrations of the 950th anniversary of the foundation of Orval, this culture event will take place in the middle-ages cloister because the organizers want to link both closely and physically the public and the story of the place. Price: from 18 up to 23 €
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A l'Ange Gardien
Visitors can also enjoy the abbey’s famous cheese and Trappist beers served in this café which enjoys superb views of the historic abbey. An ideal place for families or groups of friends to relax.
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Orval
+32(0)61 31 18 86
+32(0)497 41 75 11
+32(0)61 32 53 08
+32(0)497 41 75 11
+32(0)61 32 53 08
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Abdij van Orval
Abdij van Orval
De abdij Notre-Dame d'Orval (of Orval) is een Cisterciënzer-trappistenklooster in Villers-devant-Orval in de stad Florenville.
Deze abdij herbergt een brouwerij en een zuivelfabriek produceert kaas en een bier waarvan de reputatie gaat veel verder dan de landsgrenzen.
Men kan ook een museum, een tuin, tijdelijke tentoonstellingen en vele andere dingen te vinden.
Orval
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6823
Villers-devant-Orval
+32(0)61 31 10 60
+32(0)61 32 51 35
+32(0)61 32 51 35
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Theater oratorio: L'OR DU VAL
Theater oratorio: L'OR DU VAL
L'Or du Val is a never-done show, presented in form of theater oratorio. This genuine art kind is based on the dialogue between theater presentation, musical creation and the work of lights. As a stage ritual, this living Art has a genuine writing, 4 acts in 1 prelude and 22 scenes. It gathers 80 professionals and amateurs : comedians, lyric artists, instrument players and a choir.
L'Or du Val will relate the high times in the history of the Abbey since 1070, in its spirituality and its humanism. The theatrical creation is based on a thought about the successive constructions and destructions through the periods : fires, exiles, revolutions ...
Grand finale of the celebrations of the 950th anniversary of the foundation of Orval, this culture event will take place in the middle-ages cloister because the organizers want to link both closely and physically the public and the story of the place. Price: from 18 up to 23 €
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