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Sint-Jansberg Monastery

Sint-Jansberg Monastery

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Sint-Jansberg Monastery

Name: Sint-Jansberg Monastery
Rating: 2

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Location: Halen, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. 't Vloot at the Schulensmeer – Schulensmeer loop from Diest

40.8km

02:21

110m

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2. 't Vloot at the Schulensmeer – Schulensmeer loop from Donk

32.4km

01:50

70m

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3. Schulensmeer – 't Vloot at the Schulensmeer loop from Beringen

58.8km

03:29

190m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Oliver🌍

September 10, 2023

This monastery, of the order of the Carthusians, was founded in 1329 by the Lord of Diest and his second wife, Johanna of Flanders. During the 14th and 15th centuries the monastery expanded. However, it was destroyed by the troops of William of Orange in 1582. This also resulted in the loss of a very important library.
Reconstruction was started in 1602. They started with the cloister and the guest house. The Gothic chapel, consecrated in 1459, followed from 1616-1618. The gatehouse was built in 1647 and a guest house with the St. John's Tower in 1663. Construction activities also took place in the 18th century, in a classicist style. In 1753 the interiors and in 1765 the windows were adapted to the taste of that time.
The monastery was a center of literature, bookbinding and education. Petrus Dorlandus, the possible author of the morality "Elckerlijc", was a monk in this monastery.

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Elevation 70 m

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Location: Halen, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Sint-Jansberg Monastery

1. 't Vloot at the Schulensmeer – Schulensmeer loop from Diest

2. 't Vloot at the Schulensmeer – Schulensmeer loop from Donk

3. Schulensmeer – 't Vloot at the Schulensmeer loop from Beringen

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