European Heritage Days 2025
Major multi-site event
Come and (re)discover Le Thoronet Abbey during the European Heritage Days!
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20 and 21 September 202510am - 6.30pm
(Last admission at 5.45pm)
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Admission
Free admission
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Public
General public
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Conditions of access
Access to the monument is regulatedPleasemake arrangements before your arrival.
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Please note
Free admission, no reservation required
Presentation
For the 42nd European Heritage Days, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux is offering you the chance to explore the Abbey of Le Thoronet, a jewel of 12th-century Cistercian architecture, free of charge and on your own for a weekend.
On the programme
Le Thoronet Abbey is open free of charge from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Last entry to the site at 5.45 p.m.
- Market of abbey products with workshops and demonstrations:
- Olfactory workshop
- Ceramic decoration workshop (demonstrations)
- Herbalist workshop
For more information, click here.
- Discover the abbey's architecture as a family! (8-14 year olds)
Armed with a questionnaire, parents and children will have to make the stones of the abbey speak and decode the symbols present in its plan, construction and decoration.
Treasure hunt open continuously from 10am to 6.30pm - Free questionnaire to download from https://www.le-thoronet.fr/visiter/en-famille
- Sacred song concert on 21 September at 3pm
Lisa Magrini, soprano and Matias Miceli, tenor More information here.
Related programming
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Market of abbey products
Festive event | Journées européennes du patrimoine 2025
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Sacred chant concert
Show, festival (concert, dance, theatre) | Journées européennes du patrimoine 2025
