Details about the work

Necropolis, Benedictine priory or even...hermitage, this work traces the story of an odyssey through time, towards the origins of this unique place. It is also a tribute to the people who participated in its restoration in recent years.

The Priory symbolizes a dream, that of reviving ruins full of history...

Language: French

Hardcover book

Size: 22×28

124 pages, 70 photos and illustrations

Summary

Michel Fixot, Julia Moraine

Michel Fixot in the footsteps of a Burgundian in Provence

Michel Fixot

The Aiguebrun valley, the setting for the monument for over a thousand years, is described here from the Roman occupation to the year 1000, going back to the origins of the Priory, through parchments and a mysterious stolen inscription.

Isabelle Barbier, Michel Fixot

Cemetery, priory, hermitage... The archaeological discoveries of Isabelle Barbier and Michel Fixot have helped to lift the veil on the genesis of the monument and its evolution over the centuries.

François Guyonnet

The discovery of semi-rock dwellings located below the Priory, during new archaeological excavations carried out by François Guyonnet, has made it possible to better understand the way of life of the rural population of the Aiguebrun valley during the Middle Ages.

Julia Moraine

Chief Architect of Historical Monuments, having led the Priory restoration campaign in the 1980s. Confidences of an avant-garde architect, passionate and determined to save the monument from ruin and oblivion.

Julia Moraine

Interview with Tony Ingrao, New York interior designer. Returning to the Luberon in the footsteps of his childhood, the American architect tells how he immersed himself in the history and spirit of the place to redevelop the Priory while preserving its identity and authenticity.

Daniel Vial

Story of an enchanted interlude.

Book available at the Fontaine d’Apt bookstore or to order, by contact.

Presentation and book signing cocktail, The Priory of Saint-Symphorien, a thousand-year-old story (May 16, 2014)