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Royal Abbey of Hautecombe

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Royal Abbey of Hautecombe
Royal Abbey of Hautecombe. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Hautecombe Abbey (French: Abbaye d'Hautecombe, pronounced [abe.i dotkɔ̃b]; Latin: Altaecumbaeum) is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille in Savoie, France. For centuries it was the burial place of the members of the House of Savoy. It is visited by 150,000 tourists annually.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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