Septembre 2025

Samedi 20
- 10:00 - 18:30
Dimanche 21
- 10:00 - 18:30

Abbaye du Thoronet

Abbaye du Thoronet, Le Thoronet 83340

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Discover the architecture of the abbey with your family (8-14 years)

Name: Découvrir l'architecture de l'abbaye en famille (8-14 ans)
Start: 2025-09-20T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-21T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye du Thoronet

With a questionnaire, parents and children will have to make the stones of the abbey speak and decode the symbols present in its plan, its construction and its decor.

20 et 21 septembre

Tremenet

With a questionnaire, parents and children will have to make the stones of the abbey speak and decode the symbols present in its plan, its construction and its decor.
Game show offered continuously from 10:00 to 18:30 – Free questionnaire to download from https://www.le-thoronet.fr/visiter/en-famille
The Thoronet Abbey welcomes you free of charge from 10:00 to 18:30.
Last entry on the site at 17:45.

Septembre 2025

Samedi 20
- 10:00 - 18:30
Dimanche 21
- 10:00 - 18:30

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Abbaye du Thoronet

Abbaye du Thoronet, Le Thoronet 83340

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Founded by monks of the Cistercian order in the heart of the forests of Provence, the abbey of Thoronet was built between 1160 and 1190 and completed in 1250\. It is an architectural ensemble from the Romanesque period with the characteristics of Cistercian architecture: purity of lines, simplicity of volumes and harmonious proportions. Along with the abbeys of Silvacane and Sénanque, the abbey of Thoronet is one of the three Cistercian abbeys of Provence.
In the 13th century, the abbey was home to about 30 monks. However, less than two centuries later, its decline began. Abolished during the French Revolution, the abbey was sold as a national property to private owners who used it as a farm.
In the 19th century, the abbey benefited from the enthusiasm of scholars, notably Prosper Mérimée who inscribed it on the first list of historical monuments in 1840\. The State gradually bought the site from 1854\. Thanks to extensive restoration work and several archaeological excavations, it wil

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