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Must See
The austerely beautiful
Abbaye de Fontenay in its
peaceful wooded setting
The magnificent
circular dovecote, built The graceful and tranquil
in the 13th century. cloisters at the heart of
the Abbaye de Fontenay
The simple architecture
of the abbey’s church has
a grandeur of its own. A walk in the cloisters
was an opportunity
for meditation.
Monks slept in long
rows in this large,
unheated room.
The herb garden was
skilfully cultivated by
the monks in order to
grow healing herbs for
medicines and potions.
Once a day, monks and
abbots assembled in
this room to discuss
It is thought that this matters concerning
15th-century building was the community.
used to store important
abbey archives.
Infirmary.
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