Serrabone Priory

The priory is located in a wild and beautiful area in the valley of the Boulès in the heart of an oak forest, at the centre of the Aspres mountain range on the eastern foothills of the Canigou, about 30 km from Perpignan.

The original foundation - of which order if any is unclear - on the site took place in the 10th or 11th century and is recorded in a document of 1069.

In 1082, under the patronage of the local lords and the Count of Conflent, who gave it property and revenues, it was re-established as an Augustinian priory.

[citation needed] The thick walls of the nave are built of local schist rubble stone.

[citation needed] The sculptures in the cloister, the main portal, the window in the apsidole and the gallery, are all worked in pink marble from the Conflent,[1] which makes a startling contrast to the green-grey of the schist.