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Abbaye du Thoronet Review
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Abbaye du Thoronet
- Phone: 04-94-60-43-90
- Category: Religious Sites
- Location: Cotignac
Fodor's Review:
This 12th-century Cistercian abbey, an extraordinary example of Romanesque architecture, stands in an austere, isolated valley. The purity of the structure (or severity, if you will) was a reaction in its day to the luxurious extravagance of the abbey Cluny in Burgundy. Study the dense stonework and almost total absence of wooden support, and admire the near-perfect symmetry of the church's ground plan and its gentle forays into Gothic style. The cloister is stark and stolid compared to the delicate cloisters of Fréjus and Arles.
- Cost: EUR 5.50
- Open: Apr.-Sept., Mon.-Sat. 9-7, Sun. 9-noon and 2-7 (3-7 on Catholic holidays); Oct.-Mar., Mon.-Sat. 9:30-1 and 2-5, Sun. 10-noon and 2-5
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