In the valley of the River Thyle, a group of monks came together in 1146 to build the Villers Abbey.
The Abbey of Aulne was founded around 637 on the wooded banks of the Sambre. Golden years and disaster succeeded for centuries, but the French Revolution dealt the abbey the final blow.
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