Leyme - Travel & Tourism Guide Leyme

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In the early Middle Ages, Leyme was the name of the vast beech forest that covers the region. The village was home to a Cistercian abbey, of which only the two-storey main building remains. In 1221, Guillaume de Cardaillac, bishop of Cahors, founded an abbey in an isolated, wooded valley, with his mother, Aigline, as its first abbess. During the Hundred Years' War, the building was ruined, then partially burnt down during the Wars of Religion. In the 17th century, the abbey was raised from its ruins when Jeanne de Noailles was appointed abbess. In 1835, the abbey became an asylum for the insane, and is now home to the Camille Miret Foundation.

What to visit Leyme?

HÔTEL-RESTAURANT LESCURE

CAMPING LE FRANCÈS

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