A 4 km west of Saint-Afrique on the left bank of the Dourdou, near the confluence of the valley of the Sorgue and Dourdou.
Small city with a prestigious past, the historian Gregory of Tours in the 6th century speaks of it as a small town.
In 862, during the reign of Charles the Bald a large monastery of Benedictine nuns was founded there.
From 1317 to 1790 Vabres was also the seat of a bishop, the bishops of Vabres dwell in the house which still exists next to the church. They also lived in their castle of St. Izaire.
In the 19th and early 20th century, thanks to the fertile alluvial Dourdou, this village has become the village of market gardeners who fed vegetable Saint-Afrique and the whole region.
SIGHTSEEING
The cathedral of the 14th and 15th centuries, rebuilt after a fire in 1568. His organ of 33 games built by Nicot (factor of Roy) in 1761.
Old bridge from the 13th century.
New Bridge in 1734.
House of Aldermen of the 17th century.
Viewpoint opposite to Peyralbe Vabres-l'Abbaye (access road to Saint-Afrique de Segonzac).
EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS
Salmanac: fabulous illumination of the Christmas season in the village, to see the second week of December to mid-January.
Local festival the first weekend in July.
ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND
Rayssac: 15th century church.
Ségonzac: 14th century church.
Saint-Afrique: the old bridge from the 14th century on the Sorgue, the courthouse built in 1851 to 1855, the rock of Caylus overlooking the city.
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62 € the double room
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Located 11.4 km from Vabres-l'Abbaye
From 380 € to 510 € per week
Gîte
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7.8
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Located 4.7 km from Vabres-l'Abbaye
Room from 45 €
Domaine d'Alcapiès
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