Illustration - Pays Cathare
FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY, THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA004659583
- Registered date
- 2023/7/15 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Compoint Stephane/Only France/ABACA
- Media size
- 5000 × 3542 pixel
- Resolution
- 72 dpi
- Deployment size
- 4.35(MB)*
- Special instruction
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.
