Maroilles Abbey

He returned from a trip to Rome with relics and a statuette of the Virgin Mary, whom he named patroness of the abbey church under the title Maroilles Notre Dame des Affligés.

The abbey was repaired and restored in 1025 by Gerard of Florennes (Gérard de Cambrai) after the Norman invasions.

It suffered damage in the 14th and 15th centuries in wars involving the County of Hainaut.

During the French Revolution, on July 28, 1789, the wealth and power of the abbey caused it to become a target of anger, and it was sacked by the villagers of Taisnières-en-Thiérache.

Today only parts of the portal and guesthouse remain, as well as the windmill and tithe barn (grange dimière).