IMG_6833 Silvacane abbey is one of the 3 cistercian abbeys of Provence together with Senanque and Le Thoronet . The abbey was founded in 1144 in what was then a reed...
Silvacane abbey is one of the 3 cistercian abbeys of Provence together with Senanque and Le Thoronet . The abbey was founded in 1144 in what was then a reed…
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IMG_6881 Dependencies of the abbey.
Dependencies of the abbey.
IMG_6839 Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
IMG_6840 Half-column in the church.
Half-column in the church.
IMG_6841 Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
IMG_6842 Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
IMG_6879 Tomb inside the abbey church. The corpse of a deceased was placed on horizontal bars above a hole. As the body decayed, bones fell in the hole. When nothing...
Tomb inside the abbey church. The corpse of a deceased was placed on horizontal bars above a hole. As the body decayed, bones fell in the hole. When nothing…
IMG_6880 Tomb inside the abbey church. The corpse of a deceased was placed on horizontal bars above a hole. As the body decayed, bones fell in the hole. When nothing...
Tomb inside the abbey church. The corpse of a deceased was placed on horizontal bars above a hole. As the body decayed, bones fell in the hole. When nothing…
IMG_6845 Dormitory. Paintings from the 15th century.
Dormitory. Paintings from the 15th century.
IMG_6846 Dormitory. Paintings from the 15th century.
Dormitory. Paintings from the 15th century.
IMG_6848 Cloister.
Cloister.
IMG_6852 Cloister.
Cloister.
IMG_6851 Cloister: spring.
Cloister: spring.
IMG_6853 Cloister.
Cloister.
IMG_6849 Cloister.
Cloister.
IMG_6870 Cloister.
Cloister.
IMG_6871 Cloister.
Cloister.
IMG_6855 Library. It contained 102 books in 1289.
Library. It contained 102 books in 1289.
IMG_6857 Chapter room where monks gathered every morning to read a chapter of the Saint Benedict rule, publicly confess and organize the daily duties.
Chapter room where monks gathered every morning to read a chapter of the Saint Benedict rule, publicly confess and organize the daily duties.

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