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Lime tree avenue

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Lime tree avenue

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  • Location: Westerlo, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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    October 25, 2023

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    The entrance lane of the Norbertine Abbey in Tongerlo is the very last 17th-century Dutch-linden avenue in the Low Countries. The old trees are Dutch lime trees (Tilia x europaea) from the same clonal group. More at inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/130800
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    October 3, 2022

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    Oldest linden avenue in Europe, planted in 1676
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    May 17, 2025

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    You reach the abbey via a lime tree avenue that was planted in 1676. The trees have a trunk circumference of 4.5 meters and are 25 meters high. Source: toerismewesterlo.be/abdij-van-tongerlo
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