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4 unusual facts about La Trappe Abbey


Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie

He thus fell into disgrace with the king and, ejected from the gardes, took poison and went to la Trappe to die.

La Trappe

La Trappe Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Soligny-la-Trappe, France

La Trappe Abbey

La Trappe Abbey or La Grande Trappe is a monastery in Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, France, and the house of origin of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae), Reformed Cistercians or Trappists, to whom it gave its name.

The site of the famous La Trappe Abbey was for centuries isolated in a valley surrounded by forests, streams and lakes, 9 miles from Mortagne and 84 miles from Paris, in the Diocese of Séez and the former province of Normandy.



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