29872
Title Of Article Chaper
The revaluating of the site of the former Cistercian Abbey of Herkenrode by integrating into it a new monastery for the Regular Cannonesses of the Holy Sepulchre (situated in Kuringen, near Hasselt, Belgium)
Title Of Journal Book
Old cultures in new worlds: 8th General Assembly and International Symposium ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites 1987
Pages
227-234
Collation
ill.
Publisher
ICOMOS United States Committee
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English;French
Literature Type
Monograph : Proceedings
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International Council on Monuments and Sites. General Assembly (8th : 1987 : Washington, D.C.)
Meeting City
Washington
Abstract
A new monastery for the Regular Cannonesses of the Holy Sepulchre was constructed in 1981-1986 within the site of the former first (1182) and largest abbey of Cistercian nuns in the Netherlands. This article reviews the different studies and the main options involved in the realization of this project. The insertion of this new monastery within the site tries to revalidate the remaining historical structural outline of the area and to give it a new sense in relation to the new buildings. The new monastery, constructed within the remains of the former 16th-century abbey, consists partly of restored buildings and partly of new constructions.
pub_id
29872
Meeting Date
19870000