St. Bavo's Abbey
(Sint-Baafsabdij)
Historic and Protected Site
Gent
Ranked #5 for historic and protected sites in Ghent
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- Visit GentApril 2, 2013The abbey was founded in the 7th century by Amandus van Gent. She is near the confluence of the Lys and the Scheldt, and was therefore originally Ganda, after the Celtic word that means confluence.
This place is mysterious, romantic and beautiful at the same time! Stroll around and read the information on Wikipedia (in Dutch, French, German and Spanish) for some background information.- Visit GentMarch 21, 2014The former abbey church arose again, not in stone, but in greenery. Here Richard asked for Anne Neville's hand in marriage in BBC's 'The White Queen'. As the story goes, their children were born here.
Jeroen De MeerleerAugust 13, 2017Very nice place to wander around close to the nice city center of Ghent.
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