Rochefort Abbey

In 1464 Louis de la Marck ordered the nuns to leave the monastery which had decayed and they were replaced by monks.

On 30 April 1650, an army from Lorraine, led by baron Châtelet, invaded the abbey.

In 1789 the French revolutionary army invaded the Austrian Netherlands, and in 1797 the abbey was closed and sold to Lucien-Joseph Poncelet.

The Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance is known for their seclusion and the brewery is not accessible to the public.

[1] Though the blaze has destroyed much of the building's timber structure, the monks escaped unharmed and the flames did not damage the beer producing facilities.