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| La Rose du Thoronet, Oil on board. |
I finally managed to complete a picture that I have had in mind since 1996.
Abbaye du Thoronet is an old Cistercian monastery in Var, Provence. Ruined to some extent, but also with major parts under reconstruction and quite well preserved. You can almost see the monks wandering around in the cloisters and hear their Gregorian chorus.
It is not nearly as large as the other famous cistercian monastery, Clairveaux, but almost beats it in atmosphere.
I visited on a very warm September day and it hit me, how clever the old monks were, when they sought out the best places for their 'humble' abodes - close to a river, but on the highest point, catching a little wind to chill the 'chaleur'.
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