Binche

Title

Binche

Also Known As

Caves Bette

Dates

Built 13th century; Premonstratensian 1380-1674

Affiliation

Bonne-Espérance

Medieval Diocese

Cambrai

Circary

Floreffe

History

The Premonstratensian abbey of Bonne-Espérance purchased this property in 1380 from Englebert de Greis and his son Jehan. In 1674, the abbey sold the refuge, at which point in time it was in substantial disrepair. In the mid-20th century, the site was for a time home to a museum of archaeology. 

Status

House of refuge

Bibliography

Waha, Michel de. “Binche, refuge de l’abbaye de Bonne-Espérance.” Annales d’histoire de l’art et d’archéologie 2 (1980): 144–47. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/.
———. “L’ancien refuge de l’abbaye de Bonne-Espérance à Binche: Histoire architecturale du site.” Activités du SOS Fouilles 1 (1980): 124–29. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/.
Waha, Michel de, and Françoise Jurion. “Restauration et archéologie du Refuge de Bonne-Espérance à Binche.” Activités du SOS Fouilles 4 (1986): 85–91. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/.
Waha, Michel de, Michel Revelard, and Françoise Jurion. Le refuge de Bonne-Espérance à Binche. Etat de la question. Binche: Commission du patrimoine historique et archéologique de la ville de Binche, 1982.

Image Credit

The former refuge of Binche, 2022. Wikimedia. 

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Floreffe

Citation

“Binche,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/1261.

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Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Bonne-Espérance