Guided tour

Name: Guided tour
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Ancienne abbaye de La Cour Pétral

Guided and commented tour every half hour and according to the crowd. Visit of the cloister of the old abbey, discovery of the restorations already carried out. Presentation of the new creations...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Les Amis de la Cour Pétral

Guided tour and commented every half hour and according to the public attendance. Visit of the cloister of the old abbey, discovery of the restorations already done. Presentation of new artistic creations made by local craftsmen: mosaic, stained glass, carpentry, stone carving.
All in a festive atmosphere to the sound of music with also the possibility of taking a pot and a treat.

About the location

Ancienne abbaye de La Cour Pétral

La Cour Pétral 28340 Boissy-lès-Perche

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

It is in 1845 when the abbey of the Court Pétral is born. Before this date existed a castle built in the XVIIth century, from which it stays only the relay of hunting, the most old(former) building(ship) of the domain today which it is possible to observe in the south wing of the cloister. September 8th, 1845, sisters' community trappistines come from Monday (Calvados), surviving of revolutionary period and of precariousness of their convent of origin, settles down in the hunting lodge. Year 1858 is the one of the laying of the first stone of the church the blessing and the consecration of the altar of which will take place one year later, on May 21st, 1859\. It is in 1865 that begins the building work of most buildings and wall of surrounding wall(speaker), still visible(obvious) today. Trappistines will occupy the domain of the Court Pétral until 1935\. They will have stayed in it 90 years. In their departure, they give up(sell) the abbey to a congregation of the Maidservants of Very the Blessed Sacrament which will stay in it until 1956, or during 21 years. Then the Pétral Court is put for sale; she(it) will stay abandoned during 30 years.