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Mont Saint-Michel Abbey
Built on a rock on the border between Normandy and Brittany, the Mont-Saint-Michel abbey is one of the most extraordinary works of western medieval architecture.
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Sacred Temples of France
Religious architecture, monastic life and a thousand years of French spirituality in stone.
Welcome to the Abbeys & Temples
The silence that shaped a civilization
This section brings together the great abbeys and monasteries of France—from Mont Saint-Michel to the Cistercian severity of Sénanque, from the Benedictine grandeur of Cluny to the Carthusian refuge of the Grande Chartreuse.
Each sheet will bring history, religious order, architecture, community life, curiosities and visiting information.
Start with the most iconic — Mont Saint-Michel — or explore the alphabetical index.
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