Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Val des Nymphes

This was the priory, depending from the Benedictine abbey St. Philibert in Tournus (Burgundy), that cared for St. Michael in the center of La Garde-Adhémar 2kms west (see previous upload). Already in Gallo Roman times a sanctuary may have existed a around the sources. A christian necropole has been found, older than the priory that, when it was founded in the 10th century, was probably surrounded by a settlement. The people moved up the hill near to the castle - and so the priory declined - and was given up. In the 1980s the vaulting of the 12th c. single nave chapel collapsed, but meanwhile this is repaired and in good conditions. The valley today is a very popular picnic place.

This was the priory, depending from the Benedictine abbey St. Philibert in Tournus (Burgundy), that cared for St. Michael in the center of La Garde-Adhémar 2kms west (see previous upload). Already in Gallo Roman times a sanctuary may have existed a around the sources. A christian necropole has been found, older than the priory that, when it was founded in the 10th century, was probably surrounded by a settlement. The people moved up the hill near to the castle - and so the priory declined - and was given up. In the 1980s the vaulting of the 12th c. single nave chapel collapsed, but meanwhile this is repaired and in good conditions.

This was the priory, depending from the Benedictine abbey St. Philibert in Tournus (Burgundy), that cared for St. Michael in the center of La Garde-Adhémar 2kms west (see previous upload). Already in Gallo Roman times a sanctuary may have existed a around the sources. A christian necropole has been found, older than the priory that, when it was founded in the 10th century, was probably surrounded by a settlement. The people moved up the hill near to the castle - and so the priory declined - and was given up. In the 1980s the vaulting of the 12th c. single nave chapel collapsed, but meanwhile this is repaired and in good conditions. The valley today is a very popular picnic place.