Meymac Abbey (french: Abbaye Saint-André de Meymac) is a 13th-century

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abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The conce ...

located in Meymac,

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. The original

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

on the site was founded in the 10th century by Vicomte de Comborn. Construction of the abbey started in the 12th century but was not entirely completed until the 13th century. The building was listed for heritage protection in 1840.

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''Vacances en Correze''
- L’ancienne Abbatiale St-André et St-Léger (Abbey Church).

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