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After 200 years of absence, monks return to French abbey on the Camino of Santiago

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The monks of the abbey of Mondaye who have moved to Our Lady of Sarrance (Pyrenees).

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Isabelle de Ché - published on 09/22/22
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"The Virgin Mary chose this place." It's been a place of pilgrimage since the 12th century.

Sarrance, in southwestern France, is located about 50 miles west of Lourdes and less than half that distance from the border with Spain. At an altitude of 300 meters, surrounded by Pyrenean peaks, Sarrance is the narrowest place in the Aspe valley, irrigated by the Gave d'Aspe river.

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