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The history of Argentan Abbey

The history of Argentan Abbey

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Nicolo Ciampini Nicolo Ciampini

Explore the history of Argentan Abbey, an 11th-century Benedictine site that housed a community of nuns and is now a restaurant.

Argentan Abbey, also known as Notre-Dame de la Place, is an 11th-century Benedictine abbey situated in Argentan, France. The site is now a restaurant.

A community of nuns transferred here from Almenêches Abbey in 1736 but were dispersed during the French Revolution. They reassembled at Vimoutiers in 1822 and finally returned to Argentan in 1830.

During World War II, the nuns were forced to flee to Sées from 1944 to 1958. The abbey was listed as a Monument historique in 1986.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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