Between Fitou and Narbonne, in the picturesque hills of Corbieren, is the church Abbaye de Fontfroide.

1093 the Abbay was founded as a Benedictine monastery and joined few years later the Cistercian Order. During this time the construction of the monastery church started. The Cistercians preferred the solitude and loneliness, but the sites had to have enough of forest (for furniture, utensils and firewood), stones for construction and water. All this was available in Fontfroide, inside the court of the monastry is a very cold source - Fontfroide - which gaves the monastery its name. Until the 14th Century, the monastry expanded to the size we can visit today.

The Abbaye de Fontfroide had, like all monasteries in this region, an eventful history. Since about 100 years the monastry is privately owned and has been completely rebuilt and restored. Today, in the Abbaye takes place concerts and exhibitions during the whole year.

Luogo