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Abbaye de FontenayvsChartreuse de Champmol et Puits de Moise
Abbaye de Fontenay and Chartreuse de Champmole, Le Puits de Moise are both rated very highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Abbaye de Fontenay scores significantly higher than Chartreuse de Champmole, Le Puits de Moise. Abbaye de Fontenay comes in at 94 with approval from 3 publications including Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Michelin Guide.
Abbaye de Fontenay
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
Marmagne, Montbard, 21500 Montbard
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Fodor's "The best-preserved of the Cistercian abbeys, the Abbaye de Fontenay was founded in 1118 by St. Bernard. " Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Fontenay Abbey offers a fascinating glimpse of the austere, serene surroundings in which Cistercian monks lived lives of contemplation and manual labour." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"An excellent example of a self-sufficient Cistercian monastery, the well-restored abbey of Fontenay set in a secluded green valley was consecrated in 1147." Full review
Chartreuse de Champmol et Puits de Moise Fodor's Lonely Planet Michelin Guide
Frommer's
1, Boulevard du Chanoine, 21000 Dijon, France
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Fodor's "All that remains of this former charter house... are the exuberant 15th-century church porch and the Puits de Moïse (Well of Moses), one of the greatest examples of late-medieval sculpture." Full review
Lonely Planet "This famous grouping of six Old Testament figures, carved from 1395 to 1405 by court sculptor Claus Sluter and his nephew Claus de Werve, is on the grounds of a psychiatric hospital." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Two pieces by the sculptor, Claus Sluter, "sculptor to the Dukes", hailing from Haarlem: the chapel portal and the famous Well of Moses, with its prophets, which is outstanding in its realism. " Full review
Frommer's "Although the fancy tombs of the dukes of Burgundy are in what is now the Musée des Beaux-Arts, their bodies are actually buried in this charterhouse at the western edge of Dijon." Full review
