Hermitage and chapel of Saint-Thibaut

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The vault and chapel of Sint-Thibaut is located near Marcourt in the municipality of Rendeux in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The religious building consists of two parts that are merged into a chapel. It is located on a high forested rock, the Mont Aigu, overlooking the valley of the Ourthe. In the vicinity of the chapel there is a well known as miraculous. In the period from the 11th to the 17th century a cult developed around the sacred Theobaldus of Provins. The chapel was built in the seventeenth century. On the west side of the hermit's house and chapel is a calvary mountain with foundations of the lost castle. A steep path from the Ourthe at the foot of the hill leads to the chapel and passes along the way the source of Sint-Thibaut. The chapel lies at an altitude of 380 meters above sea level.

History: Since the 11th century there stood on the rock a fortified castle of the tombs of Montaigu with a chapel dedicated to St. Thibaut, pilgrim and hermit who died in 1066 and was declared sacred in 1073. In 1413 the castle was destroyed together with the chapel of the castle by a fire set by Antoon van Brabant and became...