Hamme-Mille
Place in Wallonia, Belgium
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Hamme-Mille is a district of the municipality of Beauvechain, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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Hamme-Mille, the chapel (built 1460) in Mille | |
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| Coordinates: 50°46′48″N 04°43′10″E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Province |  Walloon Brabant |
| Municipality | Beauvechain |
The settlement existed at least from 1146. In 1235, Henry II, Duke of Brabant founded a Cistercian abbey for nuns, the Valduc Abbey, in Hamme. Today nothing remains of the abbey, which was dismantled and sold as rubble following the French Revolution. On its foundations a large country house was built in 1867 and designed by Gérard Van der Linden. In Mille there is also a well-preserved medieval chapel, dedicated to Saint Cornelius. It was built in 1460.[1]
