Abbaye de Fontenay

metropolitan France · France

Abbaye de Fontenay, France
Photo: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April to October
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One of the oldest surviving Cistercian monasteries, tucked into a wooded valley in Burgundy. Its church, cloister, dormitory and early forge illustrate the self-sufficient life of a medieval abbey and form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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