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Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève de Paris

Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève de Paris
Photo: Nicolas Ransonnette (1745-1810). Dessinateur (illustrator), Public domain

The Abbey of Saint Genevieve (French: Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève) was a monastery in Paris. Reportedly built by Clovis, King of the Franks in 502, it became a centre of religious scholarship in the Middle Ages. It was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution.

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