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4 unusual facts about La Trappe


Jopen

Until the end of 1996 Jopen beer was brewed in the Halve Maan brewery in Hulst, after that it was made in the La Trappe brewery in Berkel-Enschot.

Joseph Curr

He then wet to La Trappe in France, later returning to Ushaw, and after that going to Callaly in Northumberland.

La Trappe

La Trappe Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Soligny-la-Trappe, France

Paul Couturier

He also worked to establish closer ties between the various Christian faiths, arranging meetings at La Trappe des Dombes and at Présinge.


Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie

He thus fell into disgrace with the king and, ejected from the gardes, took poison and went to la Trappe to die.


see also

Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé

Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé (January 9, 1626 Paris – October 27, 1700 Soligny-la-Trappe), abbot and founder of the Trappist Cistercians.

Beer in the Netherlands

The monks that run the Koningshoeven Brewery in Berkel-Enschot brew several beers, mostly branded La Trappe, and has been active since 1884, while the De Kievit brewery of the Zundert abbey was only founded in 2013 and brews a beer named Zundert.

La Trappe Abbey

La Trappe Abbey or La Grande Trappe is a monastery in Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, France, and the house of origin of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae), Reformed Cistercians or Trappists, to whom it gave its name.

The site of the famous La Trappe Abbey was for centuries isolated in a valley surrounded by forests, streams and lakes, 9 miles from Mortagne and 84 miles from Paris, in the Diocese of Séez and the former province of Normandy.