Since DS is not enrolled in school until September, I've been taking her on excursions on some of the days PS is at school. So, off to Villers-la-Ville we went to check out the ruins of the Cistercian Villers Abbaye. In short, the abbey origined in 1146 when one abbot, twelve monks and five lay brothers made the journey to Villers by invitation of the Lord of Marbais to build the abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The abbey was moved to its current location a few months later, then completely rebuilt by the end of the 13th century.
Today, all that is left of the ruins are a few sections of the earliest buildings and the abbey church's pointed arches. Armed with our guide maps, we did a self-guided tour and explored most of the 31 noted areas of the ruins. I was happy at D's response of "this is so cool!" She was right, the ruins were pretty amazing. I can only imagine how impressive the abbey was during its heyday. Hopefully, D will get something out of all of our adventures...
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