Abbaye de la Vieuville

Epiniac

Founded in 1137 by Robert, this Cistercian abbey was a daughter house of the Norman abbey of Savigny and counted forty-five successive abbots up to the Revolution, when its last holder, Jean-Baptiste de la Bintinaye, was removed from office in 1790. The tombs of the lords of Combourg and Landal once adorned its abbey church, now gone along with most of the cloister. All that survives is a 12th-century vaulted room and an abbatial funerary chapel, surrounded by later 17th-century buildings. Registered as a historic monument, it bears quiet witness to the early Cistercian presence around Dol-de-Bretagne.

Getting there : Remains on private property, visible from the surroundings

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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