Notre-Dame de la Vieuville abbey is located in the town of Epiniac, in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 25 km south-west of Mont-Saint-Michel.
It was founded in 1137 in the place called the Old Town, to the north-east of the town, on the will of lords of the region such as that of Dol as well as the lords of Meillac. The monastery was then attached to the "mother" abbey of Savigny (in the current department of Manche).
Very quickly, however, Pope Alexander III had to intervene when conflicts arose relating to certain lands attributed to the abbey.
Dismantled during the Revolution, the abbey which belonged to the order of Cîteaux was remodeled over the centuries. Only a few vestiges remain. The abbey which housed the recumbent effigies of the lords of Combourg and Landal has disappeared, as well as the cloister. On the spot, we can only distinguish a vaulted room from the 13th century and elements of buildings from the 17th century.
The remains listed in the Inventory of the abbey, whose prosperity was already only a memory in 1789, and their environment can punctuate a bucolic walk in this rural locality close to the coast (about ten kilometers). Information on +33 2 99 80 00 34.
