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Monastère fortifié de l'abbaye de Lérins

Cannes, France

Monastère fortifié de l'abbaye de Lérins
Monastère fortifié de l'abbaye de Lérins. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Monastère fortifié de l'abbaye de Lérins is a building on Île Saint-Honorat in the Bay of Cannes in the Alpes-Maritimes of France. Construction began in the late 11th century on the southern coast to protect the island and Lérins Abbey. It was listed as a Monument historique in 1840.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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