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Lime tree avenue

Natural Monuments

Lime tree avenue

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Lime tree avenue

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Location: Westerlo, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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October 25, 2023

Hiking

The entrance lane of the Norbertine Abbey in Tongerlo is the very last 17th-century Dutch-linden avenue in the Low Countries. The old trees are Dutch lime trees (Tilia x europaea) from the same clonal group. More at inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/130800

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October 3, 2022

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Oldest linden avenue in Europe, planted in 1676

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May 17, 2025

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You reach the abbey via a lime tree avenue that was planted in 1676. The trees have a trunk circumference of 4.5 meters and are 25 meters high. Source: toerismewesterlo.be/abdij-van-tongerlo

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Elevation 50 m

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Location: Westerlo, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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