Posts Tagged ‘Abbaye St Pierre’
a side trip to an old abbey
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wall around abbey in Maillezais (image from Street View)
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map showing distance travelled (map from Google Maps)
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On March 29, I completed my side trip to see the Abbaye St Pierre in Maillezais. Maillezais is a charming town with the narrow streets I am growing used to…
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street in Grande Bernegoue (image from Street View)
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Not much greenery in this town – this vine looks like it is hanging on by a thread…
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vine struggling to survive (image from Street View)
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The Abbey St Pierre was certainly worth the virtual side trip. It was built in 989 AD on an island, a rocky outcrop, in the Marais Poitevin (the Poitevin Marsh). The Benedictine Abbey and Cathedral were destroyed in 1562 during fighting between French Catholics and Protestants.
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At the entryway to the Abbey grounds is an old building, one of a few still standing on the site…
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view of entryway to Abbey (image from Street View)
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The aerial view of the grounds shows the extent of the Abbey …
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map of abbey – the standing cathedral ruins are the dotted area and the grey wall to the upper edge of the ‘dots’ (former cathedral pillars) (map from Google Maps)
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The ruins of the abbey form a majestic silhouette above the walls surrounding the site…
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ruins of cathedral (image from Street View)
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Best View: the silhouette of the Abbey
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