Royaumont - abbey & foundation

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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

Last 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

  • Conference
  • Reception
  • Fair/Salon/exhibition
  • Seminar / Meeting
  • Sound
  • Projectors
  • Paper board
  • Lighting system
  • Screen
  • Microphone
  • Wifi in the room
  • Scene
  • Tables
  • Chairs
  • Desk
  • Air-conditioning
  • Round tables
  • Eat standing up
  • Amphitheater

labels

  • Religious Heritage
  • Abbey
  • Historical patrimony
  • Bar
  • Kitchen
  • Catering area
  • Restaurant on site
  • Restaurant nearby
  • Crockery provided

Services

Working Languages

  • English
  • French

Services

  • Pet Friendly
  • Shop

Equipments

  • Bar
  • Air-conditioning
  • Show room
  • Restaurant
  • Parking nearby
  • Coach parking
  • Conference
  • Reception
  • Fair/Salon/exhibition
  • Seminar / Meeting
  • Sound
  • Projectors
  • Paper board
  • Lighting system
  • Screen
  • Microphone
  • Wifi in the room
  • Scene
  • Tables
  • Chairs
  • Desk
  • Air-conditioning
  • Round tables
  • Eat standing up
  • Amphitheater

Admission fees

  • 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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Royaumont - abbey & foundation