Monasterium, Oude Houtlei 50-58, Gent 9000, East Flanders, Belgium
Monasterium 
Oude Houtlei 50-58, Gent 9000, East Flanders, Belgium
+32 9 2692210
http://www.monasterium.be
Oude Houtlei 50-58, Gent 9000, East Flanders, Belgium
+32 9 2692210
http://www.monasterium.be
General and in-room facilities and services available at Monasterium
lobby bar
summer garden
conference room
fax services
playground for children
laundry/washing services
luggage storage
garage places on site
located in the center
quiet surroundings
credit/debit cards accepted
television set in room
telephone in room
internet connection in room
heating in room
tea and coffee making facilities
kitchenette in room
hairdryer in room
Some excerpts from the website of Monasterium that might be useful
Sfeervol tafelen onder een neogotisch bogenspel. Intimate dinners among Neo-Gothic arches. Stimmungsvoll speisen unter einem neugotischem Bogenspiel. Des diners intimes parmi des arcs neo-gothiques. Vrijdag en zaterdag vanaf 19u Op andere dagen enkele open op reservatie voor groepen en seminaries Friday and Saturday from 7 pm For groups and seminars during the week, please make a reservation
Reservations... Dit is geen online reservatie. Na het verzenden van het formulier nemen wij nog contact op met u. Wij beantwoorden graag al uw vragen. This is not an online booking. After you have sent the form, we will contact you in order to confirm your reservation. Any questions you may have, will be answered. Ceci n'est pas une reservation online. Apres que vous avez envoye le formulaire, on vous contactera pour confirmer votre reservation. Si vous avez encore des questions, vous pouvez toujours les poser. Hotel and Guesthouse : (times) x Double Single Use. (times) x Double/Twin. (times) x Double (with bathroom). (times) x Double (without bathroom). Questions or remarks : Dit is geen online reservatie. This is not an online booking. Ceci n'est pas une reservation online. problems ? contact us
Like many towns in the Middle Ages, Ghent was enclosed by many canals, to protect its inhabitants. Near the gate (poort in Dutch) to the town there was a field (akker in Dutch): the Poortackere. On this field a complex for beguines was built, which was also called Poortackere by the people of Ghent. In one of the walls of the building there is an 18th century stone that says the beguine house was founded in 1278; BEGGINAGIUM S. AUTBERTI DICTUM poort-acker FUNDATUM An.. 1278. Not long after the foundation a chapel and a churchyard were added. Poortackere mainly housed older and sick beguines, because the two other beguine complexes in Ghent did not have enough room. During the French occupation all convents, churches and beguine complexes were seized by the town councils and so the council of Ghent confiscated Poortackere. In 1863 the site was sold to Count Joseph de Hemptinne, an important Maecenas of the Neo-Gothic Movement. With his permission, a congregation was housed here. At first there were plans to restore the old buildings, but in the end a new, Neo-Gothic convent was built. Most buildings of Poortackere date from that time. A new chapel, two inside gardens and an orphanage became part of the complex. After World War II the site was an orphanage, but later it became a house for misses and in the seventies a studenthome. In 1998 there were no more than six nuns living in the convent, but the maintenance costs were too high and so the buildings were sold.
About the Hotel... (English) No impressive entrance and no red carpet. The simple front of the Oude Houtlei reveals no signs of the old, modest convent: PoortAckere. An island, lost in the whirlpool of a tumultuous city. Once you have passed the gates, you enter an intimate nunnery, of which the history goes back to the year 1278. What has been a hidden cloister for centuries, is now revealing its secrets. The atmosphere is charming, which fits in the simplicity of a Neo-Gothic building. PoortAckere is shining as it used to, a nunnery with
About the city of Ghent. About Monasterium PoortAckere. MultiMediaPresentation (flash). Kaart / Map Ghent Anno 1534. Official site of Ghent
Reservations... Dit is geen online reservatie. Na het verzenden van het formulier nemen wij nog contact op met u. Wij beantwoorden graag al uw vragen. This is not an online booking. After you have sent the form, we will contact you in order to confirm your reservation. Any questions you may have, will be answered. Ceci n'est pas une reservation online. Apres que vous avez envoye le formulaire, on vous contactera pour confirmer votre reservation. Si vous avez encore des questions, vous pouvez toujours les poser. Hotel and Guesthouse : (times) x Double Single Use. (times) x Double/Twin. (times) x Double (with bathroom). (times) x Double (without bathroom). Questions or remarks : Dit is geen online reservatie. This is not an online booking. Ceci n'est pas une reservation online. problems ? contact us
Like many towns in the Middle Ages, Ghent was enclosed by many canals, to protect its inhabitants. Near the gate (poort in Dutch) to the town there was a field (akker in Dutch): the Poortackere. On this field a complex for beguines was built, which was also called Poortackere by the people of Ghent. In one of the walls of the building there is an 18th century stone that says the beguine house was founded in 1278; BEGGINAGIUM S. AUTBERTI DICTUM poort-acker FUNDATUM An.. 1278. Not long after the foundation a chapel and a churchyard were added. Poortackere mainly housed older and sick beguines, because the two other beguine complexes in Ghent did not have enough room. During the French occupation all convents, churches and beguine complexes were seized by the town councils and so the council of Ghent confiscated Poortackere. In 1863 the site was sold to Count Joseph de Hemptinne, an important Maecenas of the Neo-Gothic Movement. With his permission, a congregation was housed here. At first there were plans to restore the old buildings, but in the end a new, Neo-Gothic convent was built. Most buildings of Poortackere date from that time. A new chapel, two inside gardens and an orphanage became part of the complex. After World War II the site was an orphanage, but later it became a house for misses and in the seventies a studenthome. In 1998 there were no more than six nuns living in the convent, but the maintenance costs were too high and so the buildings were sold.
About the Hotel... (English) No impressive entrance and no red carpet. The simple front of the Oude Houtlei reveals no signs of the old, modest convent: PoortAckere. An island, lost in the whirlpool of a tumultuous city. Once you have passed the gates, you enter an intimate nunnery, of which the history goes back to the year 1278. What has been a hidden cloister for centuries, is now revealing its secrets. The atmosphere is charming, which fits in the simplicity of a Neo-Gothic building. PoortAckere is shining as it used to, a nunnery with
About the city of Ghent. About Monasterium PoortAckere. MultiMediaPresentation (flash). Kaart / Map Ghent Anno 1534. Official site of Ghent
