Denniel Immobilier - Monastery for sale: France

REMAINS OF BELLE ÉTOILE ABBEY – ROMANTIC SETTING – 18TH-C. HOSTELRY – 15TH-C. CLOISTER – RUINS OF 13TH-C. ABBEY CHURCH – STREAM – 20TH-C. ANCILLARY BUILDINGS – FLERS, NORMANDY Probably the outcome of a vow made during a Crusade, the Abbey of Belle-Étoile was founded at the beginning of the 13th century, shortly after the conquest of Normandy by Philippe Auguste.

Nestled at the confluence of three valleys with a splendid view, this Cistercian abbey, founded in 1152, features magnificent remains of the 13th-century abbey church, with a 52-meter-long nave, a 17th-century abbatial palace, a Louis XIII pavilion, a clock campanile, and eight ponds. Abbey Church: