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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world.
My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting.
Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers
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The gateway to the cloister dates from the 18C redevelopment. It is at the corner, next to the cellar. It is through this door that access to cultural events that take place in the cloister. The current cloister dates from the 13-14C. The primitive cloister is older; The gallery is dates from the start of the construction of the church, in the middle of the 12C. The northern gallery provides access to the abbey church by two doors, one giving in the first span, reserved for convers, and the other in the last span, reserved for monks. The gallery is served the sacristy ,which itself communicates with the church, the chapter room, the 18C staircase of access to the monks’ dormitory and the heater. In the Eastern Gallery, very close to the church, you can see a stone arceau: it was the 12C crypt that would have contained the skeleton of Father Robert. The southern gallery (whose vault collapsed during the use of the abbey as a porcelain factory) serves the refectory and the kitchen. The western gallery does not open to the building reserved for converses to which the monks did not have access. The church is built according to the needs of the Cistercian liturgy. The choir is shallow, with a single altar, a flat bedside, two side chapels, on each side opening onto the transept. The nave successively welcomes, the monks, the infirm and the sick, and the convers, the aisles are reserved for hosts and servants.
Other things to see here, me think are : the Priory of Saint-Etienne d’Allichamps 12C , The Priory is the last testimony of an important station located on the Roman road of Avaricum in Néris-les Bains. It was certainly an important Roman necropolis. The Château de Châteaufer (1670). Almost all of it name as national monument such as the main building in full, the chapel at end of the commons , the facades and the roofs of the two buildings of commons located in the pre-court, the entrance gate and the closing wall of the ditches, the forecourt, the courtyard and the garden, The column (Roman Trivium Milliary), erected by the Roman Emperor Caracalla ,at the beginning of the 3C, this milestone indicated the 3 directions of the Roman road: Avaricum – Aquae Neris – MedioLanum Castrum (Bourges – Néris les Bains – Châteaumeillant). Before arriving at the current location, it traveled well: at the fall of the Roman Empire, the Visigoths took it into the Roman cemetery of Allichamps where it was transformed into a sarcophagus. It was discovered by the prior Pajonnet in the middle of the 18C, and, after many adventures, it was installed at its current location on the RD 2144 road, that is to say 200 meters from its initial location
A bit of history or anecdote I like tell us that during the Spanish civil war, it was one of the internment camps for the household assignment of the Spanish refugees. They were only 55 in early January 1939. But it was mainly at the time of the collapse of the Spanish Republic, which caused the Retirada,or withdraw from Spain, that refugee arrivals were important.
The town of Bruère-Allichamps on the abbey : https://www.bruere-allichamps.fr/pages/le-village/noirlac/
The official Abbaye de Noirlac : https://www.abbayedenoirlac.fr/abbaye-et-nature#l_abbaye
The official European Charter of the Cistercians abbeys and sites on Noirlac abbey : https://www.cister.net/cister/?lang=en
The local heart or centre of France tourist office on the abbey : https://tourisme-coeurdefrance.com/abbaye-de-noirlac-centre-culturel-de-rencontre-2/
The local Berry province tourist office on the abbey : https://www.berryprovince.com/pepites-du-berry/abbaye-de-noirlac/
There you go folks, a dandy area to explore and enjoy with the family, Memorable moments in my belle France, driving all over in my road warrior trails brings out sublime awesome spots with nice memorable family visits of yesteryear always remember and always looking forward to be back, eventually. Again hope you enjoy the post on this is Bruère-Allichamps as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!! 
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