illiam of Aquitaine. By the 10th and 11th centuries, a prosperous town had developed around the abbey. A symbol of monastic renewal in the West, this Benedictine abbey was a leading intellectual center in the Middle Ages. The mother house of more than a thousand monasteries, it extended its influen ...
play. A magnificent renovation To enhance the collection of the Glass Museum of Conches-en-Ouche, the municipality decided to move it into a former Benedictine abbey that had been transformed into a hospice and then into an EHPAD. It took three years of work and 5 million euros of investment ...
ttle urbanized island also houses one of the rare sandy beaches in Croatia and two lakes with remarkable purity. Isolated on an islet, a 12th-century Benedictine monastery seems to float on the water, making Mljet a magical stop! ...
uce honey, Lavender essence, and liqueur. In the plain of Gordes, about one kilometer south of the village, you can see the remains of another abbey: the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Chaffret. Another curiosity not to be missed is the village of bories located three kilometers west of the village pr ...
te church of Saint-Pierre-La-Cour (currently a venue for temporary exhibitions and musical performances). The Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Couture is the former church of a Benedictine abbey. It features a remarkable sculpted portal depicting a scene from the Last Judgment. Le Mans often hosts film s ...
ts natural surroundings and architecture. One of the most remarkable monuments of this medieval city is the Saint-Pierre abbey. In the 9th century, a Benedictine abbey was founded by the counts of Turenne, lords of Beaulieu. This abbey was attached to Cluny in the 11th century and the Saint-Pierre ...
