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T OF ISÈRE PRESENTS PLACES TO EXPLORE LESS THAN 15MIN. FROM SAINT-ANTOINE-L’ABBAYE N A POTTED NORTH MUSÉE DE history... SAINT-ANTOINE WEST EAST TME L’ABBAYE CHAPEL SAINT-JEAN SOUTH R A P LE FROMENTAL To Roybon 3 km - 6 min. by car VALENCE THE DE V E R C O 1075 route de St-Jean le Fromental - Dionay R S Pont-en-Royans GRENOBLE 38160 St-Antoine-l’Abbaye - 06 33 58 92 53 l’Abbaye St-Antoine St-Marcellin Tramway Trail * [email protected] Fishing C H A Start car park in the center of Dionay M B A R A N www.saint-antoine-labbaye.fr lake Voiron Total distance 7.9 km - Return trip 2 hrs Height gain 160 m Vienne MINIATURE , 1566. Paris, bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 3401, folio 31 recto, 34 verso 31 recto, Ms. 3401, folio bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, , 1566. Paris, LYON THE FOREST RAILWAY GARDEN DIONAY AN ENCHANTED MIDDLE AGES? Bestiaire Manuel PHILÈ, - cliché Nabil Boutros © Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève 8 km - 10 min. by car 4 JUIL. > 11 NOV. 2 Route de Lyon - 38160 Chatte CHAPEL BESSINS 04 76 38 54 55 - [email protected] SAINT-JEAN LE-FROMENTAL Open Feb to Nov. www.jardin-ferroviaire.com LE NOVICIAT FREE ADMISSION Pilgrim Companions Trail * SAINT- Saint Anthony of Egypt, born in 251, was orphaned at the age of 18. In 1088, Benedictine monks from Montmajour Abbey were sent by MIRIPILI Start Saint-Antoine at Porte de Lyon car park - Total distance 5 km APPOLINARD Raised in the faith and fear of God, he attended church every day, pope to watch over the precious relics. At around the same time, Return trip 1 hr 30 - Height gain pirate island 120 m where one day he heard these words from the Gospel: “If thou wilt monks hospitaller founded an almshouse not far from Saint-Antoine Fishing be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and to provide lodging for the increasing numbers of sick. lake come and follow me.” He immediately sold all his property and In 1297, Pope Boniface VIII discharged the Benedictine monks, 2.2 km - 5 min. by car ST-ANTOINE MIRIPILI, Etang de Chapaize - 38160 St-Antoine-l’Abbaye turned to a life of asceticism, withdrawing to an isolated place composing the Hospitallers of Saint Anthony into a religious Order. L’ABBAYE PIRATE ISLAND To Saint-Marcellin 04 76 36 44 77 - [email protected] and striving to become a man of absolute virtue. The Devil tried They became the Order of Hospitaller Canons Regular of Saint- www.miripili.com Open late March to Sep. 430 m different ways to divert him from his path, but Saint Anthony Antoine-en-Viennois (also known as the Hospitallers of Saint Jacquemont resisted these temptations. He died in the Egyptian desert in 356, Anthony, or Antonines). By 1478, the Order possessed more than MINIATURE To Romans-sur-Isère 322 m RAILWAY at the age of 105. Saint Anthony’s body was (re)discovered as the 300 dependencies throughout Europe and beyond. It reached its Ancienne voie du tram CHÂTEAU GARDEN result of a revelation and taken to Alexandria. peak in the 14th and 15th centuries. During the Wars of Religion 304 m DE L’ARTHAUDIÈRE A circuit of chapels* La Galicière In around 635, with the threat of an Arab invasion, it was taken to in the 16th century, many of the Order’s monastic buildings were 400 m Start car park behind the Church Chapelle Ste Philomène Constantinople. destroyed and much of its wealth was dispersed. Total distance 13 km - Return trip 7,2 km - 11 min. by car 4 hrs - Height gain 260 m How the saint’s relics came to be translated from the East to the Irreplaceable treasures were lost from the archives and library. The 240 allée du Château 38840 St-Bonnet-de-Chavagne SAINT-ANTOINE-L’ABBAYE West is unclear. According to the legend spread by the Antonines, 17th century was a period of reconstruction. With the eradication of CHATTE 04 76 38 63 88 - [email protected] * Further information on hiking the relics were placed at La Motte-aux-Bois, later renamed Saint- Saint Anthony’s Fire, the Hospitallers turned to the sciences and June to Sep. www.chateau-arthaudiere.com routes around Saint-Antoine- Antoine, in around 1070 by a lord of the Dauphiné, Baron Jocelyn de the arts. The Antonines were incorporated into the Order of Saint MONTAGNE l’Abbaye at the Tourist Oce Fishing Chateauneuf. Gravely wounded in combat, the baron saw a vision John of Jerusalem (Order of Malta) in 1777. JARDIN DES lake & of the Holy Hermit, renowned for his ability to cure the feared Saint After the Revolution the monastery buildings were sold off as sightseeing walk sightseeing Anthony’s Fire (caused by a toxic fungus that grows on cereals, national possessions and most of them were turned into factories. FONTAINES PÉTRIFIANTES ST-BONNET particularly rye), who asked him to travel to the Holy Land to bring The church became a parish church in 1802. On his nationwide tour DE-CHAVAGNE LA SÔNE visitor map visitor back his remains to the West, in exchange for which the saint would of monuments, the writer and historian Prosper Mérimée classified 12,8 km - 17 min. by car CHÂTEAU DE miraculously heal him. the church as a Historical Monument in 1840. 184 Impasse des Tufières 38840 La Sône JARDIN DES L’ARTHAUDIÈRE FONTAINES 04 76 64 43 42 - [email protected] PÉTRIFIANTES May to Oct. www.visites-nature-vercors.com every year Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye TIPS DURING YOUR VISIT IN THE VILLAGE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN FRANCE OUR TEAM IS AT YOUR SERVICE in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye DELICIOUS LOCAL CUISINE FROM OUR RESTAURATEURS All year round the village holds Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye has been a Full member of the exclusive club of Plus A rustic restaurant serving dishes featuring local produce regular events featuring our local programme on Beaux Villages de France since 2009. La Grange du Haut - Chemin Abraham heritage and showing what life 04 76 64 30 74 / 06 77 66 29 36 (3.6 km outside the village) was like in times gone by. the Tourist It has retained many fine architectural Office features from its prestigious past: Craft beers, local produce and sharing platters Faure / Musée Saint-Antoine, Miripili, M. Pin, P.Jayet, Saint-Antoine Développement, SMPSG, S.Faisan Equinoxe. Map and creation : ça crée Val. Printing : Press’Vercors. Translation: [email protected] Translation: : Press’Vercors. Printing Val. crée : ça Map and creation Equinoxe. S.Faisan SMPSG, Développement, Saint-Antoine Miripili, M. Pin, P.Jayet, Saint-Antoine, / Musée Faure JS. J.Lafaille, Vercors, by Inspiration Magica Itinera H-J.Bourgeas, C.Nossos, l’Arthaudière, de Château Fromental, le St-Jean : Chapelle Pictures Isère. Vercors St-Marcellin Office Tourist th by guide is published This A website narrow passageways (‘goulets’), Taverne du Bélier Rouge - Grande Cour - 09 67 49 54 82 PIG’HALLE july cobbled backstreets, half-timbered Enjoy a drink or a meal on the terrace with a view To kick off the summer, two nights of music all around La Halle of the Porterie houses, mullioned windows, carved B at the bottom end of the village creating a friendly, sociable Auberge du Chapeau Rouge - 115 Grande Rue - 04 76 36 45 29 decorations and more. cabaret atmosphere in a celebration of Francophone music. A pizza meal in a friendly atsmosphere next to the > Top tips from the locals C abbey church H > A gift shop to take home a Les Tentations d’Antoine - 250 Grande Cour - 04 76 36 71 77 TEXTES EN L’AIR july souvenir from your holiday I C This festival celebrates the written and spoken word in all its > Free Wi-Fi THE EMBLEM OF SAINT-ANTOINE-L’ABBAYE forms over five days and nights of absorbing performances The order's coat of arms ALL KINDS OF SOUVENIRS MADE BY LOCAL CRAFTSPEOPLE and fascinating conversations. Textes en l’Air creates a friction > Buy tickets for guided tours and shows between the ancient buildings and contemporary writing > We are labeled ‘Accueil Vélo’ D Artisan furniture, sculptures and pottery La Colombe Terre et Bois - 66 Place de l’Abbaye - 04 76 36 45 50 through theatre, readings, poetic peregrinations, open-air concerts, visual arts, talks, in-conversations, writing workshops The Antonine coat of arms consists of an ‘or’ (gold) background with a shield bearing a Tau azure in the centre. The E Beehive products, royal jelly and honey based treats of various shield is flanked by a double-headed eagle (a right granted to the Order by Emperor Maximilian of Austria in 1502). Tau E D kinds and more... is the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet and the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. It represents various things: the cross A Nectarômiel - 192 grande rue - 07 69 60 78 81 LET’S MEET! of Christ and the staff that Saint Anthony used, but it is also a sign of the Hospitallers (the crutch of the sick) and lastly F Beautiful hand-made leather goods LA MÉDIÉVALE august a sign of knowledge (the Antonines were scholars). Atelier-boutique Cuir de Lune - 119 Grande Rue - 06 76 27 80 70 This fun weekend celebrates all things Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye Pont-en-Royans Works of art by artists and craftspeople continuing Place Ferdinand Gilibert 48, grande rue G medieval, with street vendors and performing our heritage acrobats. Experience what Saint-Antoine Les Ateliers d’Antan - 77 Grande rue - 09 52 77 35 80 was like in the Middle Ages ands soak up Saint-Marcellin Vinay H Taste a unique hippocras or mead and enjoy local and honey the flavours, sounds and colours of medieval 2 avenue du Collège 705 rte de Grenoble Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye products France.

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