Lérins islands monastery, in front of Cannes along the French Riviera, has been created at the beginning of 5th century. The current buildings were built from 12th to 15th century especially the fortified tower on seaside. The Lérins abbey became at that time one of the very rare fortified monastery in Occident. Monks and soldiers were living together at the same place in the fortified tower which today can be visited. Today a community of twenty five Cistercian monks officiate and work on the island . The St Honorat abbey is also very well known for the quality of the organic wines they are producing.
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Lérins Saint-Honorat monastery
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastery whose construction started on 5th century
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Church of Lérins Saint-Honorat monastery
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastery whose construction started on 5th century. Here the church of the monastery.
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11th century fortress abbey of Lérins
The monastery of Lérins is located on a small island just in front of the city of Cannes along the French Riviera. Here the fortress built on 1073 to protect the monastery from pirates en foreign invaders
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Lérins abbey on Saint Honorat island
The monastery of Lérins is located on a small island just in front of the city of Cannes along the French Riviera: Saint-Honorat.
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Îles de Lérins-Saint-Honorat
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the old monastery whose construction started on 5th century. It was a fortified maritime abbey.
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Lérins abbey , the church
Lérins maritime abbey on St Honorat island , in front of Cannes on French Riviera
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Old maritime abbey of Lérins
St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera. First settlement as far as 5th century.nHere the old fortified maritime abbey.
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Cormoran on Saint-Honorat island
Cormorants are part of a birds colony which lives on Lérins islands. If the Saint-Honorat island with its monastery is a suitable place for birds to live it's the same for the other island of Sainte Marguerite which is a public nature reserve.
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St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera
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St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera
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St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera
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St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera
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St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera
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Sunset at Lérins islands on French Riviera
St Honorat monastery on St Honorat island one of the two Lérins Islands at a few minutes by boat from Cannes a major city of the French Riviera
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Îles de Lérins-Saint-Honorat
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastery whose construction started on 5th century
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Îles de Lérins-Saint-Honorat
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastery whose construction started on 5th century. Here inside the old fortified maritime abbey.
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Îles de Lérins-Saint-Honorat
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lerins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastery whose construction started on 5th century. Here inside the old fortified maritime abbey.
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Îles de Lérins-Saint-Honorat
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastry whose construction started on 5th century
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Îles de Lérins-Saint-Honorat
On the French Riviera in front of Cannes the Lérins islands and especially Saint-Honorat island where you can find the monastry whose construction started on 5th century
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Butterfly & Lavender, Provence
In Provence, a famous French county , one butterfly collecting the nectar of lavenders
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Overcrowding on the French Riviera,eLérins islands
Tourism overcrowding on summer time in Lérins islands , here the small harbor of St Honorat island and its surroundings invaded by leisure boats and mass tourism.
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