Royaumont - abbey & foundation
Open all year
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A royal abbey, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
In 1228, Saint Louis, and his mother Blanche de Castille founded the Royaumont abbey.
Its buildings are classified as a historic monument. Royaumont has three gardens and a 7 hectare park ...
A royal abbey, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture
In 1228, the young Louis IX, future Saint Louis, and his mother Blanche de Castille founded the Royaumont abbey, still the largest Cistercian abbey in Ile-de-France today. Listed as a historic monument, the abbey buildings are arranged around the superb cloister. The abbey has one of the most beautiful examples of a Gothic refectory in France. The abbey church, destroyed during the Revolution, gave way to romantic ruins. In 2016, the abbey underwent a vast restoration campaign.
Set over 7 hectares, the Royaumont park is irrigated by a large network of canals. The abbey has three "remarkable" gardens: the French cloister garden, designed by Achille Duchêne, the vegetable garden, experimental, and the 9 square garden, of medieval inspiration.
The abbey is open every day from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m. (17 p.m. from November to March).
Since May 2018, Royaumont has had a digital tour.
At the end of 2017, the Royaumont Foundation opened the hotel and the abbey table, every weekend.
Each year, the abbey hosts a music and dance festival in the fall.
Minimum age: 4 years
Accommodation on site
Types
- Historic site and monument
- Cycling Home Label
- Green Avenue London Paris
- Listed historic site and monument
Business tourism
- Number of modular rooms: 13
- Number of meeting rooms: 13
- Bar
- Kitchen
- Catering area
- Restaurant on site
- Restaurant nearby
- Crockery provided
Meeting rooms
| Name | Total capacity | Classroom capacity | Capacity in U | Cocktail capacity | Banquet capacity | Edge capacity | Theater capacity | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall of Frameworks | 250 | 120 | 80 | - | - | - | 250 | No |
| Pepper Pot Room | 100 | 50 | 35 | - | - | - | 100 | No |
| Room One | 80 | 40 | 35 | - | - | - | 80 | No |
| Rooms Seven and Eight (two rooms) | 19 | 19 | 15 | - | - | - | 19 | No |
| Rooms Four and Five | 19 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 19 | No |
| Cell Saint Louis | 19 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 19 | No |
| Room of the Grand Combe | 100 | 100 | 50 | - | - | - | 100 | No |
| Monks' kitchens | 250 | - | - | 250 | 150 | - | - | No |
| Monks' refectory | 500 | - | - | 500 | 380 | - | 500 | No |
| North Gallery | 140 | - | - | 140 | 70 | - | - | No |
| Refectory of the lay brothers | 280 | - | - | 280 | 160 | - | 220 | No |
| Cloister Gallery | 600 | - | - | 600 | 350 | - | - | No |
| Auditorium | 60 | - | - | - | 19 | - | 60 | No |
Equipments
- Congress
- Seminar / Meeting
- Reception
- Fair/Salon/exhibition
- Projectors
- Paper board
- Lighting system
- Microphone
- Scene
- Tables
- Desk
- Air-conditioning
- Round tables
- Eat standing up
- Amphitheater
- Wifi in the room
- Sound
- Screen
- Chairs
labels
- Historical patrimony
- Religious Heritage
- Abbey
- Bar
- Kitchen
- Catering area
- Restaurant on site
- Restaurant nearby
- Crockery provided
Services
Spoken languages
- English
- Français
Services
- Pet Friendly
- Shop
Equipments
- Coach parking
- Parking nearby
- Bar
- Show room
- Air-conditioning
- Restaurant
- Congress
- Seminar / Meeting
- Reception
- Fair/Salon/exhibition
- Projectors
- Paper board
- Lighting system
- Microphone
- Scene
- Tables
- Desk
- Air-conditioning
- Round tables
- Eat standing up
- Amphitheater
- Wifi in the room
- Sound
- Screen
- Chairs
Prices
- Full price: € 9
Reduced price: €6,50 (on presentation of proof):
Children from 7 years old
Students under 26
Large families
Jobseekers
Subscribers of partner structures
Family rate: €26 (2 adults and their child(ren) aged 7 to 18. The family rate includes workshops and storytelling visits for the day, subject to availability) - Free for less than 7 years
Payment method
- Bank / credit card
Capacity
- Number of modular rooms: 13
- Number of meeting rooms: 13
Opening
All year round, daily from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.
The ticket office for the monument is closed from 12:45 p.m. to 13:45 p.m. on weekdays.
More info: https://www.royaumont.com/preparer-sa-visite/infos-pratiques/# schedules
Open from 10 a.m. to 00:17 p.m. from November to March.
Booking
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