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monastery in

Saint-Sever Saint-Sever (, Gascon ''Sent Sever'' ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. History and geography Saint-Sever stands on an eminence. It is south of Mont-de-Marsan, on the left bank of the ...

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. It was founded at the end of the 10th century by

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. It was listed by France as a historic monument on 18 November 1911 and in 1998 it and other sites were jointly designated as the

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