Abbey of Saint-Seine
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The Abbey of Saint-Seine is a former Benedictine monastery located in Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France. During the Middle Ages it was a wealthy and powerful institution. It was suppre
Church of the former abbey
Nave
West front
Model of the former abbey
Mesmont, Côte-d'Or
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Mesmont is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department of eastern France.
Abbey of Saint-Seine
…French Revolution. The abbey took its name from Sigo, a monk from the Abbey of Saint-Jean-de-Réome at Moutiers-Saint-Jean. Sigo, a son of the Count of Mesmont, withdrew from the world into the heart of the forest of Cestres on his family lands, in the territory of the present commune of Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye…
Town hall