 Centre Saint Guilhem - Reviews from across the web
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Centre Saint Guilhem Guide - Yahoo! Travel Guide UK
This diocesan centre is home to various activities and organisations. A seminary and residence, it is also used by several charities and as a conference centre for university and ecumenical groups. There is a small library open to both guests and visitors. In the heart of the historic city, the larg...
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JLBG Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
Clamouse cave is a must. It was discovered in the late 40s and open for visit in the early 60s. That means that it has never been visited with oil lamp and has not been spoiled by the deposit of charcoal from these lamps, as many ''old'' caves (i.e. visited since the turn of last century : grotte de...
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French (near Montpellier) / Cloister of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert / before 1206 (with 14th-century additions)
The steady visits of these pilgrims and the gifts they brought stimulated a period of prosperity. By 1206, a new cloister had been built at Saint-Guilhem incorporating the columns and pilasters now at The Cloisters. While many of them recall Roman columns, fragments of which were abundant in souther...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: The Cloisters
Situated in a valley near Montpellier in southern France, the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert was founded in 804 by Guilhem (Guillaume) au Court-Nez, duke of Aquitaine and a member of Charlemagne's court. By the twelfth century, the abbey had been named in honor of its founder and had b...
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