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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE.AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE.AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE.AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT 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

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE.AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE.AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cathares

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. THE CLOISTER Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cathares

FRANCE. AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cathares

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cathares

FRANCE. AUDE (11) THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE. THE CLOISTER Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE. VAR (83) THE THORONET ABBEY. BUILT BETWEEN 1160 AND 1230, IT IS ONE OF THE THREE CISTERCIAN ABBEYS IN PROVENCE. CLASSIFIED AS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS, IT HAS BENEFITED FROM PARTICULARLY EXTENSIVE RESTORATION WORK. NAIVE STATUE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE. PROVENCE. VAR (83) THORONET ABBEY. BUILT BETWEEN 1160 AND 1230, IT IS ONE OF THE THREE CISTERCIAN ABBEYES IN PROVENCE. LISTED AS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, IT HAS BENEFITED FROM PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT RESTORATION WORK Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY). THIS CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE TROUBADOUR GOTHIC STYLE HOUSES THE TOMBS OF THE PRINCES OF SAVOY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) THE ABBEY OF HAUTECOMBE, A XIITH CENTURY CISTERCIAN ABBEY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY). THIS CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE TROUBADOUR GOTHIC STYLE HOUSES THE TOMBS OF THE PRINCES OF SAVOY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. SAVOIE (73) ABBAYE NOTRE-DAME DE TAMIE, 12TH CENTURY CISTERCIAN ABBEY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY). THIS CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE TROUBADOUR GOTHIC STYLE HOUSES THE TOMBS OF THE PRINCES OF SAVOY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (XII TH CENTURY), CISTERCIAN ABBEY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY). THIS CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE TROUBADOUR GOTHIC STYLE HOUSES THE TOMBS OF THE PRINCES OF SAVOY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY). THIS CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE TROUBADOUR GOTHIC STYLE HOUSES THE TOMBS OF THE PRINCES OF SAVOY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) AERIAL VIEW OF HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY), CISTERCIAN ABBEY ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAC DU BOURGET Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE . ALPS. SAVOIE (73) AERIAL VIEW OF HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY), CISTERCIAN ABBEY ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAC DU BOURGET Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. SAVOIE (73) GARDENS OF THE ABBEY OF HAUTECOMBE, A XIITH CENTURY CISTERCIAN ABBEY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE . ALPS. SAVOIE (73) HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY), CISTERCIAN ABBEY ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAC DU BOURGET Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE . ALPS. SAVOIE (73) AERIAL VIEW OF HAUTECOMBE ABBEY (12TH CENTURY), CISTERCIAN ABBEY ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAC DU BOURGET Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. COTE-D'OR (21) MONTBARD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ABBEY OF FONTENAY, LISTED IN 1981 AS WORLD HERITAGE OF HUMANITY BY UNESCO. FOUNDED IN THE 12TH CENTURY BY SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ONE OF THE GREATEST FRENCH SAINTS, IT IS THE OLDEST PRESERVED CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE WORLD Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. COTE-D'OR (21) MONTBARD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ABBEY OF FONTENAY, LISTED IN 1981 AS WORLD HERITAGE OF HUMANITY BY UNESCO. FOUNDED IN THE 12TH CENTURY BY SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ONE OF THE GREATEST FRENCH SAINTS, IT IS THE OLDEST PRESERVED CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE WORLD Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. AUDE (11) AERIAL VIEW OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FONTFROIDE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. COTE-D'OR (21) MONTBARD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ABBEY OF FONTENAY, LISTED IN 1981 AS WORLD HERITAGE OF HUMANITY BY UNESCO. FOUNDED IN THE 12TH CENTURY BY SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ONE OF THE GREATEST FRENCH SAINTS, IT IS THE OLDEST PRESERVED CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE WORLD Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY; COTE-D'OR (21) THE CHATEAU DU CLOS DE VOUGEOT (SAINT SIEGE DES CLIMATS), IN CISTERCIAN AND RENAISSANCE STYLE, WAS BUILT BETWEEN THE 12TH AND 16TH CENTURIES, IN THE HEART OF THE CLOS-VOUGEOT VINEYARDS IN VOUGEOT, ON THE ROUTE DES GRANDS CRUS BETWEEN DIJON AND BEAUNE. IT HAS BEEN LISTED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT SINCE 1948, AND IS MANAGED BY THE CONFRERIE DES CHEVALIERS DU TASTEVIN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. PROVENCE. VAR (83) AERIAL VIEW OF THORONET ABBEY. BUILT BETWEEN 1160 AND 1230, IT IS ONE OF THE THREE CISTERCIAN ABBEYES IN PROVENCE. LISTED AS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, IT HAS BENEFITED FROM PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT RESTORATION WORK Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. COTE-D'OR (21) MONTBARD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ABBEY OF FONTENAY, LISTED IN 1981 AS WORLD HERITAGE OF HUMANITY BY UNESCO. FOUNDED IN THE 12TH CENTURY BY SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ONE OF THE GREATEST FRENCH SAINTS, IT IS THE OLDEST PRESERVED CISTERCIAN ABBEY IN THE WORLD Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE. VAR (83) THORONET ABBEY. BUILT BETWEEN 1160 AND 1230, IT IS ONE OF THE THREE CISTERCIAN ABBEYES IN PROVENCE. LISTED AS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, IT HAS BENEFITED FROM PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT RESTORATION WORK Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)