Valloires Abbey

The internal decoration was entrusted to the Austrian sculptor Simon Pfaff of Pfaffenhoffen and to metal worker Jean-Baptiste Veyren.

During the Revolution period, the abbey was sold on July 7, 1791, for 271,000 livres to Jourdain de l'Eloge, a local lord from Argoules, thus escaping further damage.

In 1817, the abbey passed into the care of the lay brotherhood of the Basilians, and subsequently in 1880 to the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, to be used as an orphanage.

To support its philanthropic work, the Association de Valloires makes the abbey open to paying visitors from March to November.

[citation needed] Created in 1989 with a collection of over 4000 rare plants, the Jardins de Valloires cover an area of eight hectares.

The collection spans a huge variety of species, such as maple, spirea, deutzia, beech, plum and rare apple family members.

Monks refectory
The gardens and abbey of Valloires