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    Thoronet Abbey (French: L'abbaye du Thoronet) is a former Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century, now restored as a museum...
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    Cistercian abbeys in Provence known as the "three sisters of Provence" ("les trois soeurs provençales"), the other two being Sénanque Abbey and Le Thoronet Abbey;...
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    Fontenay (founded 1118) Sénanque Abbey (founded 1148) is an example of Romanesque architecture of Provence [fr] Thoronet Abbey in Provence (1176–1200) The...
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    spiritual retreat. Two other early Cistercian abbeys in Provence are Silvacane Abbey and Le Thoronet Abbey; with Sénanque, they are sometimes referred to...
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    called lavabos, were placed inside Medieval monasteries such as Le Thoronet Abbey in Provence and were used for ritual washing before religious services...
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    examples of Romanesque and other medieval architecture, such as Le Thoronet Abbey and the Fréjus Cathedral, for its wines, particularly the wines of Bandol...
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    intrigues of the cities. Sénanque Abbey was the first, established in the Luberon between 1148 and 1178. Thoronet Abbey was founded in a remote valley near...
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  • d'Orcia and Bevagna, also in Italy, as well as the Silvacane Abbey and Le Thoronet Abbey, in France. Production was followed by a strong campaign of secrecy...
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  • still lives in the Abbey. The lavender fields around the Abbey make it one of the most photographed spots in Provence. Thoronet Abbey, in a remote valley...
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    Bonnevaux Abbey, incorporating an already existing community of canons, and was the mother house of Le Thoronet Abbey (1136), Silvanès Abbey (1136), Bonneval...
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    d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is known for the romanesque Le Thoronet Abbey, built in the 12th and 13th century. Communes of the Var department...
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    called lavabos, were placed inside Medieval monasteries such as Le Thoronet Abbey in Provence and were used for ritual washing before religious services...
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    and thought of the Middle Ages. In 1989, he made a first recording in Thoronet Abbey. In 1991, he created the "Gregorian Choir of the Mediterranean" with...
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    intrigues of the cities. Sénanque Abbey was the first, established in the Luberon between 1148 and 1178. Le Thoronet Abbey was founded in a remote valley...
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    at the Abbey of St Bavo, Ghent, Belgium 12th-century lavatorium at Thoronet Abbey in Provence, France 13th-century lavatorium at Rueda Abbey, Aragon...
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    Corbusier to visit the starkly simple and imposing 12th–13th century Le Thoronet Abbey in Provence, and also used his memories of his youthful visit to the...
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    order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, but...
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    here by The Harmonic Choir. The concert was sent live via ISDN to Le Thoronet Abbey in Southern France, where the exquisite acoustics was recorded and then...
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    d'Azur Château de Talcy Château Talcy Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire Thoronet Abbey Monastery Draguignan Var Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Tours Cathedral...
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    Lavabo, Le Thoronet Abbey, Le Thoronet, France...
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  • Fenestrelle, Uzès Abbey of Sénanque, Gordes Le Thoronet Abbey, Brignoles Fréjus Cathedral, Fréjus Silvacane Abbey, La Roque-d'Anthéron Montmajour Abbey, Arles Aquitaine...
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    Tulley Abbey), monks, diocese of Besançon, later Langres (Vars, Haute-Saône) Le Thoronet Abbey (Abbaye du Thoronet or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Thoronet), diocese...
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  • Pierres Sauvages (The Stones of the Abbey), a book in which he imagines the medieval construction of Le Thoronet Abbey. The novel won a prestigious literary...
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    Faucogney-et-la-Mer. July. Rencontres de Musique Médiévale du Thoronet. Le Thoronet Abbey Festival de musique de Conques. July–August. Festival Baroque...
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    Works", a series of concerts involving the instrument were given in Le Thoronet Abbey, the Teatro Palladium in Rome, the Teatro Fondamente Nuove in Venice...
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    life. He joined the strict Cistercian Order, entering the monastery of Thoronet (Var, France), and appears to have placed his wife and two sons in monastic...
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    des Monnaies, Cluny, France A door in the Abbey of Thoronet, France. A cloister window at Silvacane Abbey, France. A window at Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert...
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    working Roman villas in the plain that was traversed by the via Aurelia. The Abbey of Saint Victor at Marseille had dependencies in the neighborhood: Saint-Maximin...
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  • livings in Rheims and Tours in France. He was appointed abbot of the abbey of Le Thoronet, in the south of France, by Pope Martin V in 1430. He was still referring...
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    Montpellier) 1978  France – Monastère de Notre-Dame du Torrent de Vie – Le Thoronet (Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon) 1981  Italy – Monastero della Madonna del Deserto...
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