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The Cistercian
Abbey of Sylvanes
is situated
in the South of
Aveyron, just
on the borders
of the Midi-Pyrenees Languedoc-
Roussillon
regions.
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the Abbey receives over 70,000 visitors each
year and it is famous in France and abroad. |
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The Sylvanès Abbey, founded in the XIIth
century by the knight, Pons de Leras, a former
brigand. Touched by divine grace, he devoted
the rest of his life to prayer and penitence
in a secluded place, hidden among woods, called
Sylvanium, not far from Camarès.
For several centuries, the monastery reigned
culturally, economically, socially and religiously
over and beyond the region.
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