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can be visited on the archaeological site, while Saint
Laurentius remains today the parish church of Ename. Archaeology revealed that, in the settlement, properties were subdivided into plots delimited by ditches. Constructions were from wood and traces of fireplaces and houses have been excavated in the settlement.
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The oldest trace of the use of the area where the castle stood was a waste ditch and treads, dating back to the second half of the 10th century. In the 11th century it was transformed into a walled area that contained a luxury limestone building, comprising an aula, a camera, a chapel; and a donjon,
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The foundations of the
Benedictine abbey of Sain Salvator can be visited in the archaeological site of Ename. The evolution of the abbey, from the first Saint Salvator church of the 9th century to the largest 18th-century complex, can be traced from the intricate evolution of the foundation walls.
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The settlement was situated on a terrain where three occupation phases have been identified. Two churches were erected in the settlement: the Saint
Salvator church, close to the river, and the Saint Laurentius church. The first one, no longer standing, has been excavated and part of the foundation
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The results of all the archaeological and historical investigations on the territory of Ename have been visualised in interactive 3D models, on display on the archaeological site in the
Timeframe application. It is a presentation technique that enables the visitors to virtually discover the abbey
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are today part of a major heritage project in
Flanders, established by the Province of East-Flanders. The Provincial Archaeological Museum of Ename displays the major finds that have been excavated on the abbey site. Today the village of Ename hosts the Museumnacht in July and the Feeste t' Ename
509:. It was firstly dedicated to Our Lady. In order to provide a financial income to the abbey, the count donated the village of Ename and other properties in the surroundings. The abbey started in the former Ottonian palace building, under the direction of abbot Walbrecht, who had come from the
602:, with an eastern and a western choir. During the restoration of the building, traces of the 11th-century decoration were discovered. Above the main altar, parts of a Majestas Domini fresco are still preserved and bear witness to the richness of the medieval decoration of the church
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De Groote, Koen and Lemay, Nancy, 'De materiële cultuur in de Sint-Salvatorabdij te Ename. Twee mideeleeuwse latrines uit de westvleugel en een 17 de –eeuwse afvalput uit de priorij', Archeologie in
Vlaanderen, Brussel, Instituut voor het Archeologisch Patrimonium, 1993, Dl. 3, pp.
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The
Belgian National Service for Excavations started a second turn of archaeological investigations in 1982, which lasted till 2002, under the management of Dirk Callebaut. Part of the castrum, almost the whole abbey and the settlement underneath were excavated and documented.
532:: the monastery was confiscated and sold. After a few years it was dismantled and the pieces sold as building material. The possessions of the abbey were also sold. During the more than seven hundred years that the Saint Salvator abbey existed, Ename remained a rural village.
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in the north. Godfrey and
Mathilda initially must have ruled from Velzeke, while they created a trade center with a harbor in Ename, due to its advantageous economic position at the Scheldt. The river marked the border between the Ottonian Empire and the
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Callebaut, Dirk, 'Ename and the
Ottonian west border policy in the middle Scheldt region', in Exchanging Medieval Material Culture. Studies on archaeology and history presented to Frans Verhaeghe, Relicta Monografieën 4, Brussel, VIOE-VUB, 2010, pp.
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3D reconstruction of the village of Ename in 1020, based on archaeological finds. On the left the palace building and the keep enclosed by walls, in the center the trade center around Saint
Salvator church, on the right the
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buildings and the surrounding landscape over several historical periods. Some characters of the history of Ename are used to create a realistic portrait of their era and give information on the life of the inhabitants.
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Van de Walle, A.L.J., 'De Sint-Vedastuskerk te Nederename, een Xe eeuwse praestedelijke moederkerk', Handelingen van de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring van Oudenaarde, dl. X, afl. 1, 1982, pp. 19-31
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surrendered by a walled castrum. A stone church dedicated to Saint Salvator was built for the trade settlement and a larger church dedicated to Saint Laurentius was erected in the nearby village.
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in 962, he tried to strengthen his grip on his vast empire. His policy consisted in assigning strategic areas of his empire to men whose loyalty was proven. For this reason he assigned to count
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Vermeulen, Frank, Tussen Leie en Schelde. Archeologische inventaris en studie van de Romeinse bewoning in het zuiden van de Vlaamse Zandstreek, Gent, Arch.I.V, vzw, 1992, pp. 17, 27-36
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A century after the demolition of Saint Salvator abbey, in 1895, the mayor of Ename, Edmond Beaucarne, published the results of his research on the historical sources of Ename.
231:. The territory was inhabited during Prehistoric and Roman times, and became a trade settlement during the 10th century. From the 11th century it was part of the domain of the
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From 1984 on, the forest Bos t'Ename was the object of a large-scale historical and ecological investigation aimed at tracing back the evolution of the landscape
431:, who had died of smallpox in 962. Probably as a wedding gift, the emperor gave Mathilda some properties on the border zones and among them were Ename and
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Tack, Guido, Van Den Bremt, Paul and Hermy, Martin, Bossen van Vlaanderen, Een historische ecologie. Leuven, Davindsfonds, 1993. Krtn., tab., ill., p. 230
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of Biest (comitatus Biest), one of the four counties which formed the pagus Bracbatensis. It extended southwards from the row of hills around the city of
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Callebaut, Dirk, Ameels, Vera and De Groote, Koen, Ename Sint-Laurentiuskerk. Archeologisch onderzoek. Voorlopig verslag, Brussel, 2001, p. 18
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from the 1st and 2nd century AD were found underneath Saint Laurentius church. During the 2nd and 3rd centuries, after the invasion by
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474:. Once crowned, he surrounded himself with loyal noblemen. The territories of the family of Verdun were then given to the family of
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in 1024 there were no direct heirs to the imperial crown: he was the last member of the Ottonian dynasty. His successor,
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Berings, Geert, Landschap, geschiedenis en archeologie in het Oudenaardse, Stadsbestuur Oudenaarde, 1989, pp. 39-44
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In the course of the centuries the monastery and the church were rebuilt and enlarged several times. In 1795 the
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