Although the abbey escapes major damage in the 1566 revolt called “Beeldenstorm”, the 1578 occupation of Oudenaarde by the protestant troops of the city of Ghent is disastrous. The monks flee, the abbey buildings are pillaged and stripped of any valuable element and the ruins are eventually used as a stone quarry until the start of the rebuilding of the abbey in 1596. The centre of the village is void of any houses and more than half of the population has left.

Metadata	Information
Source	Visual Dimension bvba
Contacts	Daniel Pletinckx digital heritage expert Visual Dimension bvba 47 Lijnwaadmarkt Oudenaarde 9700 Ename East Flanders Belgium +32 55 30 31 00 +32 55 30 31 04 daniel.pletinckx@visualdimension.be director Visual Dimension bvba
Copyright Credit Line	Visual Dimension bvba, 2014
Europeana Rights	Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike (BY-NC-SA)
Spatial	Ename Oudenaarde Lijnwaadmarkt 47 Oudenaarde 9700 Ename East Flanders Belgium Eenaeme
Protection Type	protected village
Start Date	995
End Date	2015
Period Name	medieval
Materials	limestone, brick
Heritage Asset Type	protected village