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conducted subsequently controverted research into prehistoric remains of the area. They built large, elegant houses with steep, slate roofs, walled gardens and spiked wrought-iron fences that still grace the town. The huge 18th-century building - three stories high with a mansard roof - resembles those government ministry buildings around the
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The building was classed as a historic monument on 6 April 1934 and 19 April 1991. It was bought in 2001 to house "The
European American Center for International Education", whose aim is to promote and develop cultural exchange between Europe and the United States. This was closed in 2017. Since the
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In the 1980s there was a Museum of Heavy Trucks at the Abbey which was a project of the former mayor, Mr. Maffre. It included about 40 vehicles. Mr. Maffre's pride: a 1935 electric delivery van from the
Poulain factory; a De Dion Bouton, from 1918, the oldest truck in the collection, and an American
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It was founded in fulfillment of a vow in 1034 by
Gueldouin or Gelduin de Chaumont, a local knight. It is believed that Gelduin's boat was caught in a storm on the way back from a Crusade in the Holy Land. He prayed to the Virgin for help, promising to build Her a church in Pontlevoy, which he held
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but the college in the monastery was left open as a private secular institution, headed by a secularized
Benedictine. It was a boarding school with a conservative tradition; some families moved to Pontlevoy to be near their sons. The mid- nineteenth century director, Abbé Louis Alexis Bourgeois,
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style indicates it was done by a local mason rather than a professional sculptor. The monks ran a hospital here, with a sanctuary for lepers, until the 16th century and also educated local children. But by 1623, when
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as a vassal of the Count of Blois. Allegedly, the Virgin dressed in white, appeared above the rolling deck and calmed the sea.
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in Paris. The college housed German troops during World War Two and closed for a period of time after the War.
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