Encounter: in search of the missing abbey church

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Aurelia Alligri archaeologist

What is hidden the ruins of the abbey church of Royaumont, knocked down in 1792 ? What were its exact dimensions? What was his floor covered with? Where were the altars and graves? The lack of archival documents concerning the disappeared building has demonstrated the importance of archaeological excavations to verify the presence (or absence) of historical traces in its basement.
From June 23 to July 12, 2021, three surveys have already been carried out by the Service départemental d’archéologie du Val d’Oise. They are completed by new excavations this spring. The first works have already proved the presence of medieval remains in the underground layers, with the discovery of the foundations of the ambulatory, the transept, and the aisles of the nave.
Armed with the results of her explorations, the archaeologist Aurélia Alligri demonstrates this Sunday morning the ingenuity and pragmatism of the builders of the time, while their heirs restore the south wall of the old abbey church.
A meeting not to be missed at a time when very ambitious projects are being drawn up for the development of the ruins…

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