Chimay Abbey

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Chimay, abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix

Chimay Abbey (French: Abbaye de Chimay) is an abbey in Wallonia in the city of Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium.

It has been the name of two or three different religious houses.

The oldest foundation here, in the 9th century, was a Benedictine monastery, Chimay Abbey or St. Monegonde's Abbey (Abbaye de Ste. Monégonde de Chimay). This later became a collegiate foundation dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. The monastery is long gone, but the church still stands in the centre of Chimay as the town's parish church.

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