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    Préaux Abbey (French: Abbaye Saint-Pierre des Préaux) was a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Peter at Les Préaux, in Normandy, France. The abbey...
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  • Lisieux: Préaux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Préaux), monks Abbey of St Leger, Préaux (Abbaye Saint-Léger de Préaux), nuns Preuilly Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre...
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    1056. Saint-Lô is famous for its goldsmiths and even Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror, ordered two candelabra for the Abbaye aux Dames [fr]...
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    time Préaux-la-Montagne for Saint Pierre de Préaux, and Préaux-la-Liberté for Saint Michel de Préaux. The communes of Notre-Dame-de-Préaux and Saint-Michel-de-Préaux...
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    Bayeux. The village's history is closely linked to the Saint Stephen abbey "Abbaye Saint-Étienne-de-Fontenay" founded on his land of Fontenay by Raoul Tesson...
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    (French: Abbaye de Montivilliers; Latin: Monasterium Villare) is a former Benedictine nunnery, founded between 682 and 684 (1340 years ago) (684) by Saint Philibert...
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    Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Valentin, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Base Mérimée: Abbaye de Bénédictins Saint-Pierre ; dite Abbaye de Jumièges, Ministère...
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    Jardin botanique de Caen, a historic botanical garden Church of Saint-Pierre Church of Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux Church of Saint-Jean de Caen Mémorial pour...
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    derive from the Old Norse word Haugr meaning a knoll or a hill. Abbaye de Saint-André-de-Gouffern is the remains of a 12th century Abbey built in 1127 and...
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    IA00051643 Petite-Abbaye Industrial Cheese Factory (in French) Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000144 Farmhouse/Mill at Moulin de Roinet IA00000143 Farmhouse...
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    empty |title= (help) "chateau de radepont, normandy, France". Flickr. Retrieved 27 July 2016. fr:Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontaine-Guérard fr:Radepont Population...
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     518. Ch. Guéry, Histoire de l' abbaye de Lyre (Evreux: Imprimerie de l'Eure 1917), pp. 212-214. The King was at Mont Saint-Michel on 8 May, but was in the...
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    d'Ouche. Château de Conches-en-Ouche, ruins of 11th-century castle Church of St Faith (l'Église Sainte-Foy) Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Châtillon-lès-Conches...
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    Le Bec-Hellouin (category Plus Beaux Villages de France)
    of St Andrews from the east Church in abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec Bec Abbey Bec Abbey West side of the Tour Saint-Nicolas, between the ancient pottery to...
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    of Saint Benedict: the male abbeys of Saint-Evroul, Bernay, Préaux, Grestain, Cormeilles, as also the two female houses of Saint-Léger, and Saint-Désir...
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    of Indre, region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France. Déols is an ancient town with a famous Benedictine abbey, Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu. Today...
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    Et Topographique, Des Archevechez, Evêchez, Abbayes Et Prieurez De France, Tant D'Hommes, Que De Filles, De Nomination Et Collation Royale, Mesnier, 1726...
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    Arganchoises in French. At a place called La Grande Abbaye there is a natural camping ground. The Parish church of Saint-Radegonde dates from the 17th century. It...
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    2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Abbaye de Cerisy [archive]. Jean Bigot sieur de Sommesnil, État des paroisses des élections de Normandie, 1612/1636 Ina » [archive]...
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    Île-de-France region 43.3 km (26.9 mi) from the center of Paris. During the French Revolution, Dammarie-lès-Lys (meaning "Dammarie near the [Royal Abbaye...
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    Committee Montebourg, Jumelage, Saint Saviour.jpg Saint Saviour Partnership Committee Église Saint-Jacques de Montebourg Abbaye de Montebourg (List of Benedictine...
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