The charterhouse Notre-Dame du Val Saint-Jean in Basseville, Burgundy was founded in 1328 nested in the Yonne valley along the glorious Nivernais Canal. During 450 years the place was inhabited by monks who cultivate the land of the monastery for self-sufficency. During the Revolution the carthusian monastery was sold as national property and the last monks dispersed. In 2010 its new owner undertakes the rebirth of the property and creates an orchard of old native varieties, an "hortus conclusus" type garden among other things.

The enclosed garden is it made up of different varieties of plants in raised wooden crates: flowers, vegetables, medicinal, aromatic and dye plants.

Only a few fragments of the ancient monastic buildings have been preserved until today, and among them, the former refectory and kitchens of the abbey.

Visitors are therefore witnessing the patient restoration of this wonderful historical site.

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