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…
Dependencies of the abbey.
Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
Half-column in the church.
Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
Abbey church, built between 1175 and 1220.
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…
Dormitory. Paintings from the 15th century.
Dormitory. Paintings from the 15th century.
Cloister.
Cloister.
Cloister: spring.
Cloister.
Cloister.
Cloister.
Cloister.
Library. It contained 102 books in 1289.
Chapter room where monks gathered every morning to read a chapter of the Saint Benedict rule, publicly confess and organize the daily duties.
