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November 17, 2024
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The Maagdendal or Mariadal monastery of the bogaards (also begaarden), the male counterpart of the beguines, was founded around 1450 on an evocative site: the wide ring moat and the two islands suggest an old castral motte (perhaps the place where Prince-Bishop Balderik of Liège wanted to build a castle around 1010 and had wide moats dug for that purpose, direct cause of the Battle of Hoegaarden in 1013, but this is far from proven according to A. Wauters).
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Elevation 100 m
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