Saint-Léger

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Saint-Léger

abbey, Soissons, France

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The remaining buildings of Saint-Léger abbey and its 13th-century church house a museum with collections of paintings and sculpture. The buildings include vestiges from Saint-Médard (founded c. 560), one of the most important medieval French abbeys; only a 9th-century crypt remains.
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The remaining buildings of Saint-Léger abbey and its 13th-century church house a museum with collections of paintings and sculpture. The buildings include vestiges from Saint-Médard (founded c. 560), one of the most important medieval French abbeys; only a 9th-century crypt remains.
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