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Ramée (La)

Participating in spiritual impulse of monastic orders throughout our regions during the 12th and 13th centuries, the Cistercian order established a nunnery, in around 1216, in the valley of the Grande Gette at Jauchelette, upstream from Jodoigne. It took the name of La Ramée (Rameia). This Cistercian presence was to last for five and a half centuries, and marked the region not only spiritually but agriculturally and architecturally as well. In spite of the suppression of monastic orders in 1796 by the French administration, this presence can still be felt today thanks to the buildings that history has preserved. They mostly served an agricultural purpose, and date back to the 18th century, a period when the abbey was reconstructed. In spite of the disappearance of the former monastic buildings, La Ramée remains one of the most significant vestiges of the Cistercian presence in Brabant: a small nunnery combined with a major agricultural concern, located in a judiciously chosen site. With its traditional, harmonious and monumental Brabant style, this 18th century architectural complex is unquestionably a local heritage landmark in the Jodoigne area...