Monastic Austerity in Brick and Stone: Sacred Cistercian Ruins of Seine-et-Marne in the Île-de-France The largest department of the Île-de-France harbours a monastic landscape rarely matched for its density of royal patronage, pointed-arch geometry, and deliberate spiritual restraint. Seine-et-Marne’s three principal Cistercian houses — founded across more than a century, […]