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Lavaudieu

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Lavaudieu (French pronunciation: [lavodjø]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

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Geography

The village lies on the right bank of the Senouire, which flows west through the commune.

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Sights

  • Romanesque Lavaudieu Abbey, otherwise Lavaudieu Priory (Abbaye Saint-André de Lavaudieu), built by St Robert, the first abbot of La Chaise-Dieu, in the 11th century,[4] which was at first a Benedictine priory, and later a house of secular canonesses from the Auvergnat nobility. It was raised to the status of abbey in 1719.

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