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Fontfroide, June 2002

In 1093 a Benedictine abbey was founded here in the hills of the Corbières, and it became Cistercian in 1145. It's built of the local yellow and red sandstone, which is very beautiful in the sunlight. It was abandoned in 1791, but has been in private hands since 1908, and nicely restored, with attractive plantings amidst the dry hills.
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12th century abbey church
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12th century abbey church

  • Entrance into the abbey grounds
  • Untitled photo
  • Doorway
  • Courtyard
  • A rather pagan-looking fountain
  • The Cour Louis XIV, in later neoclassic style
  • Wrought-iron gate in grape-vine motif
  • Cloisters
  • Cloisters, 13th century
  • The bell-tower through an oculus, or eye-window
  • Wisteria in the cloisters
  • Benjamin and Grandma José enjoying the view
  • 13th century cloisters, looking toward the chapter-house
  • Wisteria
  • Column capitals
  • Tower of the abbey church
  • On the cloisters roof, wisteria
  • 12th century abbey church
  • Benjamin and Richard, as taken by Isabel
  • Doorway
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