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itself, whose original appearance is unknown, had completely disappeared and was reconstructed during the recent restoration. It is bordered to the west by the former residence of the abbesses, a stone construction dating from the 18th century. To the south lies a 15th- or early 16th-century building
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and the nuns were expelled in 1792, after which the buildings underwent an intense and varied occupation (offices, prison, garrison, shops, stables, etc.) during the revolutionary period. They were sold off in 1811, and used for industrial purposes: as a cotton spinning mill, then as a sugar refinery
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The re-founded abbey was endowed with numerous estates in the region, and these made it possible, during the time in office of the Abbess
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extension. From the 16th to the 18th century, the abbey continued to have great influence, especially under the direction of the Abbess Louise de L'Hospital (1596-1643), during whose time in office the abbey was reformed, in 1602.
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The original plan of the 11th-century church, of
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enabled the restoration of the spaces to their original architecture, the creation of the "CĹ“ur d'Abbaye" show trail and the fitting out of a room for temporary exhibitions in the Gothic refectory.
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In the 15th century, the parish of Saint-Sauveur, which had been granted the first seven bays of the nave of the abbey church, had the north side knocked down so as to double its size with a large
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of the church, the 15th-century remains of the abbey's former infirmary are still visible. In 1811, the town set up a local secondary school there, which later became an
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of cut stone and flint included the refectory on the ground floor and a dormitory with cells on the first floor, which has preserved 16th-century carpentry work of
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and finally as a brewery from 1857. They were later converted into warehouses, garages and living quarters.
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are covered with rib vaults of archaic style, without keys, separated by a band decorated with chevrons (
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wood. On the east side, in the extension of the south transept of the abbey church, the old
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whose centenary was celebrated on 27 September 1992 with a recital given by
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shows twenty keystones carved with anecdotal scenes or stylised animals.
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portal, a large Gothic window was added in the 14th century.
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