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The north of the choir and the nave of the abbey church were uncovered during surveys carried out in 1958-1959 and especially in 1988. The latter, the first to methodologically explore the entire stratigraphy of the site, brought to light Iron Age levels, well before the installation of the abbey, a few levels attributable to the early Middle Ages, including a
Carolingian pit, and also traces of an 11th century buttressed building (partly observed in 1983-1984), the function of which is undetermined, to the north of the choir of the abbey.
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a retirement home. The archaeological explorations or chance discoveries were carried out by various people (associations of the Vieux-Saint-Maur or other local archaeological associations, the
Commission du Vieux-Paris, departmental archaeologists or those commissioned by the State Archaeological Service) throughout the 20th century Stéphane Ardouin, David Coxall, Sophie Benhaddou, Pascale Chardron-Picault et Philippe Huard, "L'abbaye médiévale de Saint-Mur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne), état des connaissances archéologiques,"
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revealing the paving and the clawed bases of the columns of the 12th century
Romanesque apse building. This excavation allowed the discovery of a 14th century glazed tile floor working with a new flat chevet replacing the old semi-circular Romanesque apse. This floor was later raised by a stoop, then abandoned and replaced by a pavement, pierced by some burials.
331:, bishop of Paris, the abbey of Saint-Eloi en la cité which was attached to Saint-Maur. On this date, the Abbey of Saint-Maur became the owner of the domain of this abbey, which included the bourg Saint-Paul around the church of Saint-Paul-des-Champs, the agricultural land that extended from the site of the rue Saint-Antoine to the territory of the present
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273:, Montoire and Lavardin, then of Corbeil and Melun. The monastery was run by a certain "abbot" Mainard who preferred to train his monks to hunt dogs and falcons rather than devote himself to religious life. The monk Adic complained about these disturbances to Count Bouchard the Venerable, who in 989 entrusted the task of reforming the monastery to Saint
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The abbey church was the object of several successive interventions which allowed the excavation of
Carolingian burials, burials in stone formwork of the 11th-13th centuries and the walls of the nave in 1933 and 1982, a glazed tile floor of the 13th century on the north of the choir in 1933 and 1967.
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The excavation carried out in 1861 on the initiative of the former owner Bourières is the first of a series of more or less well carried out and documented interventions on the former abbey site, in the enclosure of the current park or to the north, now occupied by a medical-educational institute and
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In 1858-1861, the owner of the site, Édouard Bourières, brought together the different parts of the site and had the side of the abbey church and the
Romanesque crypt excavated. He transformed the canons' stables into a curious neo-renaissance villa which still exists. The estate, which had passed to
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in 1536. Accused of apostasy and irregularity, Rabelais was absolved by the pope but, by the brief of Paul III of 1536, had to commit himself to return to a
Benedictine monastery of his choice and not to perform any more surgical operations. Cardinal du Bellay offered to receive him in the monastery
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The primitive apse of the Notre-Dame-des-Miracles chapel was uncovered in 1967-1968. The northern part of the nave of this building, still partially elevated, was explored in 1970-1972. The nave of the chapel was partially excavated between 1980 and 1982 following the discovery of a funerary urn,
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made, a collection of charters which, together with the
Polyptych, formed a 600-page work known as the "Black Book". This document is a source of information on the customs and social organization of the 13th century. At his death on 5 June 1285, Pierre de Chevry was buried in the chapel of Saint
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On 14 July 1256 Pierre de Chevry, prior of Saint-Éloi, was elected abbot to replace Jean I of
Auxonne (1251-1256) who had "shown himself to be detestable" and had been deposed. For 30 years, Pierre I de Chevry left a strong mark on the monastic life of Saint-Maur. He was the first of the mitred
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According to a medieval legend, on 10 July 1068 a certain
Rumolde, a sculptor, left his workshop briefly to answer a call he thought he heard. When he returned, he found that the statue of the Virgin of the Annunciation in polychrome wood on which he had been working was finished. It is an
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is one of the most important green spaces of the city. It is regularly used for festive events, including: the festival "Courts dans l'Herbe" (2005 to 2009), "Saint-Maur Médiéval" which takes place every year in May, as well as the
European Heritage Days organized every year in September.
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Today, the abbey no longer exists and has been replaced by a square at the corner of avenue de Condé and rue de l'Abbaye. Some ruins remain, such as the Rabelais tower, the 19th century Bourières villa and the old fortifications. The remains of the abbey are classified as
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of which he was the abbot. However, as the abbey had become a chapter of canons just before Rabelais came there, a new dispensation had to be requested from the pope to settle this problem of dates, and to allow Rabelais to regain his freedom legally.
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Martin, which was open to the north transept of the abbey church and which he had had rebuilt. The reconstruction work in "Gothic" style of the choir and the chevet of the church, which now reaches 86 meters in length, was completed around 1281.
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The eastern cemetery, located outside the enclosure built in the 14th century, was explored in 1966-1969, 1970-1972 and again in 1983, revealing burials from the 11th-13th centuries, using stone forms, some of which had cephalomorphic features.
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Le carrelage médiéval de la chapelle Notre-Dame des Miracles (abbaye de Saint-Maur des Fossés, Val-de-Marne), dans J. Chapelot, O. Chapelot, B. Rieth, Terres cuites architecturales médiévales et modernes en Ile-de-france et dans les régions
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siècle du collatéral nord du chœur de l'abbatiale de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne), dans J. Chapelot, O. Chapelot, B. Rieth, Terres cuites architecturales médiévales et modernes en Ile-de-france et dans les régions
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and the second from 22 April 717. The Notre-Dame des Miracles chapel, whose ruins can still be seen in the "Parc de l'Abbaye", marks, according to tradition, the location of the primitive church where Babolein was buried.
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From the 17th century, the buildings, badly maintained and badly managed, threatened to fall into ruin. In 1735 the archbishop of Paris prohibited the great pilgrimage of Saint John, then on 23 April 1749,
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The cloister, whose decoration is partly known by a lapidary collection (three statues-columns and two twin chapiters) was explored during the surveys carried out in 1988.
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and then the English successively seized the abbey and pillaged it. In the 15th century, the abbot's residence in the abbey was the scene of the signing of two treaties:
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named Blidegisilus. It took the name of "Saint-Pierre-du-Fossé" referring to the terrain of the place which is very steep up to the river.
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The abbey dwelling and part of the outbuildings were observed in 1966 during the supervision of the construction of a retirement home.
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and the church (known as "Abbatiale II"), dedicated on 7 December 829, was rebuilt by Abbot Benedict (813-839), under the aegis of
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Exemption granted by Louis the Pious to the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés from all tolls and traffic rights dated 20 June 816.
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to visit his nephew Charles V, made a pilgrimage to Saint-Maur to cure his gout. He lived at the Abbey with his son and heir
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Senator Adolphe Maujan, was given to the Dominican sisters who occupied it from 1920 to 1958 before selling it to the
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suburb of Paris, France. The remains and the domain of the abbey have been transformed into a pleasure park named
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