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Lagrasse, June 2002

This village on the Orbieu river is known primarily for its adjacent abbey. The origins of the town and abbey appear to lie in Carolingian times, i.e. those of Charlemagne, in the 8th century. There still remains one tower in the abbey identified as Carolingian, or pre-Romanesque. Now the town is definitely a tourist destination and an artists' colony. The abbey is not as well preserved as Fontfroide, but the "ruin" is of interest in of itself.
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Orbieu river

  • Orbieu river
  • Forbidding stone walls entering the village
  • Grandma José, Mamie Lucienne, and Benjamin on the bridge
  • The abbey tower
  • Old doorway in the village
  • Village street
  • Cobbled village street
  • 11th century bridge
  • The old cloisters
  • The new cloisters, from 1760
  • New cloisters
  • Doorway, new cloisters
  • Abbey tower ruins
  • Abbey ruins
  • Top of the remaining abbey tower, 130 feet tall, 220 narrow and twisty steps
  • Panorama from the tower
  • Abbey tower ruins
  • Abbey ruins
  • Abbey tower ruins
  • Village, from the abbey side
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