What is La Cambre Abbey?
[[File:Abb. de la Cambre 05.JPG|thumb|The small park]] [[File:00 Ixelles - Abbaye - La Cambre 1.JPG|thumb|Abbaye de la Cambre]] [[File:Marie Alexandrine Snoy, abbess of la Cambre abbey.jpg|thumb|Alexandrine Snoy, last abbess of la Cambre abbey]] '''La Cambre Abbey''' (French: '''Abbaye de la Cambre''') is a former [[abbey]] in [[Ixelles]], Brussels, [[Belgium]]. It is between [[Bois de la Cambre]] and the [[Ixelles Ponds]]. It was founded in 1201 by a noble woman of Brussels, Gisèle.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/monument/705/abbaye-de-la-cambre.do | title = Abbaye de la Cambre | accessdate = 8 September 2013 | publisher = VISITBRUSSELS | archive-date = 10 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131210025836/http://visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/monument/705/abbaye-de-la-cambre.do | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[abbey]] church is a [[Catholic]] [[church]]. The [[monastery]] also has the [[headquarters]] of the Belgian National Geographic Institute and a visual arts school. It has a small park in the front and a larger one in the back. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/monument/705/abbaye-de-la-cambre.do Abbaye de la Cambre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210025836/http://visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/monument/705/abbaye-de-la-cambre.do |date=2013-12-10 }} on the Visitbrussels web site [[Category:1201 establishments]] [[Category:Abbeys]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Belgium]] [[Category:Brussels-Capital Region]] [[Category:1200s establishments in Europe]]